‘The community’s figuring it out:’ Arctic cruise tourism comes of age
GJOA HAVEN , Nunavut — Tourists say the darndest things.
Just ask Anna Aaluq, who’s waiting on a pebbly beach to guide a group of cruise ship passengers around her hometown of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut.
“They ask if we still live in caribou-skin tents. They ask if we still live in the wooden cabins,” she says, pointing to the square homes that house nearly everyone in the town of 1,400 on King William Island along the Northwest Passage.
“They are surprised we have TV.”