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Food & Drink: Arctic char, mussels, clams, shrimp, musk ox and caribou are specialities. Local bannock (a mixture of flour and water blended into a dough and cooked slowly in a frying pan) dates from the old prospecting rations which kept for weeks in an easily transportable form. Other unusual specialities include muktuk (skin of the whale). Alcohol is controlled in Nunavut and in some communities is prohibited. Hotels and restaurants in Iqaluit are licenced.
Shopping: There are general retail stores in almost all communities in Nunavut, some specialise in handicrafts, furs, fisheries and Inuit Art. The high cost of goods (an increase of up to 50 per cent on the rest of Canada) is due to the supply and distribution costs caused by the large distances that goods must be transported by air or sea. Shopping hours: Mon-Fri 1000-2000, Sat 1000-1800 (although these may vary regionally).
Special Events: For full details, contact Nunavut Tourism (see Contact Addresses section). The following is a selection of special events held in Nunavut in 2003:
Mar Annual Nunavut Trade Show, Baffin Regional Chamber of Commerce. Apr Toonik Tyme (week long festival including dogsled and snowmobile racing), Iqaluit. Jul Annual Midnight Sun Golf Tournament, Kugaaruk; Midnight Sun Marathon, Nanisivik/Arctic Bay; Nunavut Quest Dogteam Race, North Baffin island (date to be confirmed). Aug Kitikmeot Northern Games. Oct Kitikmeot Trade Show, Cambridge Bay.
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