Google Lat Long: Trekker takes on Canada’s Arctic Winter
Google Lat Long: Trekker takes on Canada’s Arctic Winter : Editor’s Note: Today's guest author is Chris Kalluk, a resident of the Nunavut territory and mapping expert at Nunavut Tunngavik , the ... Editor’s Note: Today's guest author is Chris Kalluk, a resident of the Nunavut territory and mapping expert at Nunavut Tunngavik , the nonprofit organization we’re working with to collect imagery and build more comprehensive maps of the Canadian Arctic. There’s a saying we have in the north: unless you’re the lead sled dog, the view is pretty much the same. Today, I’m wearing a Street View Trekker - a backpack outfitted with a camera system - and walking the streets of Iqaluit , ready to explore Canada’s incredible Arctic and putting you at the front of the pack. Here, in the capital of Canada’s Arctic territory of Nunavut, the average temperature is below freezing eight months of the year. The roads are covered in snow, the bay is frozen and polar bear sightings are a...
