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Inuvik

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[in-oo-vik, ih-noo-] / ˈɪn u vɪk, ɪˈnu- /

noun

  1. a town in the Northwest Territories, Canada, on the Mackenzie River at the Beaufort Sea.


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The Inuvik sunrise festival in the Northwest Territories in Canada marks the return of the sun after more than 30 days of polar nights and no official sunrise.

From BBC • Jan. 8, 2024

One is from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, near the Arctic Circle, and the other from Ecuador, which straddles the equator.

From Scientific American • Jul. 2, 2022

Lennie grew up in Inuvik, 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle, so she knows all of this.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2022

One activist contributing to programming in preparation for UNESCO’s indigenous language revitalization push is Jacey Firth-Hagen, a young Gwich’in woman from Inuvik, Canada, who is heavily involved with youth development in her community.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2020

In Inuvialuktun, the language spoken in the settlement of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories in Canada, the name Kulluk means “thunder.”

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2014