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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 licensed.
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 occurring in Nunavut in 2005:
Mar Nunavut Snow Challenge, Iqaluit. Jul 2-6 Nunavut Midnight Sun Marathon and Road Races. Aug Kitikmeot Northern Games.
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