Not only has the water turned orange, but the shoreline areas and rocks have a rusty coating, which, when viewed from above, looks as if an industrial mine has been in operation nearby for decades. Photo: Roman Dial Streams and rivers in the undeveloped Arctic of...
Right element, wrong state (Photo: Soloviev) The good news for Iqalummiut is that officials in Nunavut’s capital city do not expect an on-going drinking-water shortage to reach emergency levels ahead of the summer melt. The bad news is that high demand for water that...
Residents of Nunavut’s largest city must continue to show patience when it comes to their drinking water supply. Image: Anick Marie via Wiki Commons CC SA 4.0 For months, the residents of Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, in Arctic Canada, have been suffering...
Around Iqaluit there are some lakes and a big river. But the population can not simply drink the water from it. The water must be laboriously filtered and purified before it can be safely consumed. Map: Michael Wenger via Google Maps In Iqaluit, Nunavut’s...
The approximately 7,800 inhabitants of Iqaluit, the capital of the territory of Nunavut, normally get their drinking water from a lake above the city. But since early October, residents have complained of an unusual smell of gasoline in the water. Now petroleum...
