S2023E19 Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk July 18 2023

Title: Rambles With Robin and Ruby: Travels With Our Grandsons: Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, Canada
Season 2023
Episode 19
S23E19
Record date: July 18, 2023
In this video, we make the final push north from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, both in Northwest Territories, Canada. Tuktoyaktuk is located about 140 km north of Inuvik. The hamlet is informally called Tuk. Tuk is located on the Beaufort Sea, of the Arctic Ocean, at the end of the Inuvik - Tuktoyaktuk highway. It is the only place on the Arctic Ocean that is connected by a public road to the rest of Canada. The Inuvik - Tuk highway is the only public road in North America where you have free unfettered access the Arctic Ocean without supervision. You can set foot or even swim in the Arctic Ocean, in designated safe areas.
One appeal of the area is access to the remote, subarctic hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk and its residents. Along the way, you see the transition from taiga, or northern boreal forest, to aubarctic shrub tundra north of the treeline, you see pingos that are hills cored by ice, and you see thermokarst lakes. In Tuk, our grandsons waded into the Arctic Ocean. We visited two grocery stores so you see the variety of items available to buy, a craft store, the famous grandma’s kitchen, walk on a large gravel spit that is habitat for some unusual plants, and we camped right beside the Arctic Ocean in the land of the midnight sun. This was our third visit to Tuk, but it was the first time visit for our grandsons. Join us as we introduce our grandsons, Brayden and Adrien, to the Hamlet of Tuktoyaktuk on the Arctic Ocean, Northwest Territories, Canada.
You might be interested in some of our other relevant KZbin videos:
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b) Salt of the Earth: Takhini Salt Flats, Yukon, Canada. Season 2019, Episode 44; • Salt of the Earth: Tak...
c) Tuktoyaktuk: Canary in the Coal Mine. Season 2019, Episode 28: • Tuktoyaktuk: Canary in...
d) Summer Snow Machines, Tundra, and Tuktoyaktuk Highway, Northwest Territories, Canada, June 18, 2019. Season 2018, Episode 26; • Summer Snow Machines, ...
Music:
a) All That I Want Instrumental Version by The Lighthearts (Artlist.io);
b) Spring by Itay Kashti (Artlist.io);
c) Fantastico by Ziv Moran (Artlist.io);
d) Milestone by Yehezkel Raz (Artlist.io)
e) North Sea by Beneath The Mountain (Artlist.io);
f) For Kathy by Jamie Rutherford (Artlist.io)
g) Cancion de Niños Children Song by Idan Balas (Artlist.io)
h) Ballerina by Yehezkel Raz (Artlist.io)
Resources:
a) Grandma’s Kitchen: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/...
b) Tuktoyaktuk: tuktoyaktuk.ca/
c) Pingo Canadian Landmark: parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nt/pingo
d) How do pingos form: parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nt/pi...
e) Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inuvik%...
Andy Fyon, May 26/24

[@ab76254]

Extremely interesting and informative! I would have never known about this part of Canada if I hadn't been recommended this video!

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Glad it was helpful! It is a place that very few people will visit, but that is very special and quite unique for many of those who visit.

[@davebeningfield]

I would describe muktuk as cold clam meat attached to some beef suet. Back in Dawson we ran into a Toronto traveler we had met in Inuvik and I told him it would go well if sliced thinner on some rice with wasabi and soy sauce and he says "You must be from Vancouver" Good guess as I live about 40 km from there. I was surprised when taking a dip off the spit there that the water was brackish, almost fresh, but I guess that's the influence of the MacKenzie river. Great video....next time I really want to take more time on the Dempster, we only had a 5 day weather window and could only spend a few hours in Tuk. Also, I didn't know about the two grocery stores. Thanks

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

Well worth the extra time in Tuk. Thanks for the kind comment, Dave.

[@davidford694]

I was there in 1970. Sure has grown a lot since then. Do they still sell the stuffed fur bearing snakes at the craft store?

[@rambleswithrobinandruby9422]

I did not see any fur bearing snakes, but they do sell fur coverd Ookpik owls. And I am certain you would have seen many changes! Thanks for commenting.