There was an island between Greenland and Canada that was claimed by both Canada and Denmark. Until recently, it was the basis of the friendliest war in history. It was called the Whiskey War. At various times, either the Danish and Canadian navies would stop by, raise their country's flag, leave a bottle of whiskey, and a note saying welcome to their country. In 2022, this conflict was resolved by putting the border halfway through the island. As a result there is now a land border between Canada and Denmark

8:20 yes that is a narwhal, they are real creatures that live in the arctic regions. popular for hunting by inuit

The name of the town was mispronounced throughout the video. It's name sounds like Grease Fiord. Yes, that was a narwhal; they are real and live in the Arctic Ocean, and are hunted as a food source by the Inuit, along with fish, seals, whales, walrus and caribou. With just 129 residents, it surprised me how many young children were among that number, especially when considering the lack of medical services likely available for prenatal, obstetric and postnatal care! It is, indeed, a hostile environment, but one in which the Innu, Inuit and Dene people have survived and thrived for centuries!

If you think the most Northern town is interesting, you should check out the most Northern permanently inhabited settlement. Canadian Forces Station Alert is even further north and exists for some of the same reasons as Grise Fjord. But it's not a town because there is no permanent population that lives there, only military and civilian contractors and scientists who rotate in and out. The motto of CFS Alert is Inuit Nunangata Ungata, which translates to "Beyond the Inuit Land"

I spent time building houses in Pangnirtung, which sits just south of the Artic circle on Baffin Island. One of the most memorable times of my life. The locals primarily hunt and fish, and we saw people eating walrus and seals (raw), and air dried Arctic char. They were some of the nicest people I have ever met. The culture is unique. Best place to watch the northern lights. I would love to go back, but very expensive to visit.

Thank you Tyler. You always choose such interesting videos, I love watching your reactions to things we take for granted here in Canada. But this video was truly a learning experience for me. I knew nothing about this town and found the video fascinating.

The video of the wolves is not taken from anywhere around Grise Fjord as absolutely no bushes grow that far north. All that grows is lichen and a few arctic flowers.

Hey Tyler...New Brunswicker here . Just thought of a topic you might want to look into if you haven't already covered it . When 9/11 happened, thousands of passengers were stranded in Gander , Newfoundland. There is some really heart warming stories on youtube from stranded passengers and also Broadway musical called " come from away". 💖

Dude you've been PUMPING out content lately, I love it. I've watched every video👍

The store dispute is with the Nunavut government (territorial government), not with the federal government. The Nunavut government had decided to centralize the management of the many cooperative stores that exist in essentially every community in Nunavut. It must be realized that no roads link any communities in Nunavut to southern Canada. All access to these communities is by air and sea.

I spent four years in Yellowknife. The 24 hour day in the summer is worse. You have to use Black-out curtains in your home to prevent the sun coming in. They have a golf tournament in June that starts at midnight!!

The sealift leaves from Montreal and provides supplies to many isolated communities in Canada's arctic. It usually leaves in July and returns in September.

A hamlet is like a large village. Yes it's a narwal. Belugas are white. During my time as a soldier in the Can. army, I spent some time in the Arctic. It is an environment that is both breathtakingly beautiful, and out to kill you.

Tyler, after watching your videos for the past few months, I've learned a lot about the country I've lived in for 60 years. You clearly know more about Canada now than most of us Canadians! These are great videos. Thanks

It was very interresting. I live in Canada and i Didn’t know about this place. Thank you Tyler, C’était très intéressant!

One of the most disheartening things about GF this time of year is looking at the Environment Canada weather forecast graphic. Yes, of course it's bitterly cold- that's not great. But the worst is there are no little 🌞 icons. It's all little crescent 🌙 moons. Yes, tomorrow expect highs of minus 32 and partly-moony skies.

I live in Cape Dorset (Kinngait), Nunavut for year back in 2012. It was one of the best experiences I have ever had in my live.

You should totally do a video on Expo67. 54 million people visited Montreal in less than 1 year, probably being the most successful Expo ever!

Actually as of just recently, Denmark and Canada share an island between Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

They aren't bullet holes, it's a frost pattern. Frozen ice on the windshield.

I live in Edmonton and you’d be surprised how often it gets to -40 here

Your shock at the temperatures and saying "imagine growing up there" reminded me. My mother is a teacher in British Columbia in a city not far north of Seattle, so think that climate. One of her students a few years back was one of 4 half-Inuit siblings who had been living with a local foster family since the youngest was an infant. Her student was the eldest sibling, in grade 3 at the time, and the youngest was old enough for preschool, so they'd been with the foster family for at least 3 years. The family had legally adopted the eldest child and were working on adopting the younger 3 when an aunt who hadn't had contact in all that time came out of the wood work and took the not-yet-adopted younger 3 back to Nunuvut to Resolute, that nearest settlement to Grise Fjord. The government let it happen because they have no right to prevent an Inuit person from reuniting their own family. So now there's one child growing up without his siblings, with the only family he's known since his mother lost custody when he was kindergarten age or maybe younger, and he gets to stay in Seattle-type climate in a rich neighbourhood with the world at his doorstep. His younger 3 siblings, the youngest of which has literally never known anything different, got shipped off to live in Polar Winter territory with estranged family, limited resources, and very little access to the outside world. There's no right answer in that situation, but was that the best one? It's so incredibly unfair to all 4 kids. One gets to live in the lap of luxury by comparison, but separate from family and his native culture. The other three have been plucked from a mild climate and all the people they knew to get reunited with their family and culture, but in a barren winter wasteland that needs government support to keep milk in stock at the grocery store.

Wow!. Thanks Tyler, I appreciate the work that you do, that help to get to know more about the great country that we call Canada.

I agree, check out CFS Alert... while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces I had the pleasure of going to Alert twice. It is an experience that few can say they have experienced. Check it out..

I live in Labrador (sub-arctic). We have only one road that connects us to anything. A lot of stuff here comes in by boat or plane. The Inuit were nomadic depending on the season. To further their poor treatment by the govt, they were given mandatory surnames in the 70s- to replace the numbered disks they were forced to wear since the 40s. Have you done residential schools yet?

I'm in Edmonton Alberta. It was -50°c a couple of weeks ago. Guess how much a gallon of milk costs in Nunavut? Around 9$ CDN. A bag of bread is 6$. I was raised in the Yukon territory. 24 hr day light in the summer time, it's pretty amazing. You should look into or react to the gold rush days in Dawsoncity Yukon, That's my home.

I follow the KZfaq channel of a woman who lives in the Arctic circle. The consensus is that most people there prefer the Arctic night, to the 24/7 of sunlight. The darkness is cozy, and the aurora is not only visible at night, whereas she said that having sunlight 24/7 leaves you drained and exhausted, and it can be hard to sleep.

You should react to Alert, Canada. It's more a military base than a hamlet or village, but it is the northernmost lived settlement in Canada, even more north (I think) than Grass Fiord. Love your channel, btw.

The other erroneous term used is ‘tribe’. The word tribe is a negative Colonial term no longer used in Canada. The three Constitutionally recognized Indigenous “Nation” groups in Canada: the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis are referred to as the ‘People’. Therefore, the Inuit spoken of in this video are the Inuit People of Grise Fiord. In reverence, please note that the written word People is always capitalized. ❤🇨🇦

the most northern town in Canada is called "alert", its a Canadian Armed forces base. only caf members go there. also they got a timhortans up there to

Hi Tyler I just wanted to tell you about the Inuit people I nursed in the 60's in Kingston Ontario.....they were brought to us when seriously ill They were the happiest people I've ever encountered I think Americans may call them Eskimos? They now have their own territory in Canada their own territorial parliament they are rugged people very hard working and as I said the most gleeful happy and serene humans you could meet Susan in London Ontario Canada

Tyler, you must check out our Great Bear Rainforest. It is the biggest temperate rainforest on the planet and runs up the West coast of BC through the Queen Charlotte Islands. It is so amazing and Robert F. Kennedy once said, :"if there was ever such incredible land in American, it has since been destroyed by improper logging" (more or less ). It is the home of the Kermode bear which is a white "spirit' bear and there have been movies and docs made about it. The abundance of wildlife is amazing. I'm so happy you are interested in our beautiful country. It is very special. I"m Pattio from Ontario.

I love exploring my country with you and your reactions are priceless as well as so respectful, insightful at times. Thanks Tyler for showing me what I have, being a home grown (for centuries) Canadian through your eyes.

If you think conditions are harsh in Grise Fjord, I hear they're even worse in your House of Representatives right now, lol!

We visited for 6 days in 1979. It has not changed. Coop store was open. Friends of RCMP posted to town. We still have stone carvings we purchased. A very strong memory for us. We married the next summer.

Tyler, I think that you just forgot about how close Canada is to Greenland. Remember "The Whisky War", that you watched a video about some time back? Greenland is owned by Denmark. The Whisky War was between Canada and Denmark. I think that Alert is actually the furthest north "settlement" in Canada, but it's an Armed Forces base. In addition there are two islands owned by France, St. Pierre and Miquelon, that are just off the coast of Newfoundland. I had a friend who briefly served in the French Foreign Legion and, as a result of his dishonerable discharge (the only way to get out without serving a full term in the Legion), he is not allowed to visit those islands.

Crazy me, I'm from Vancouver, British Columbia. I moved to a small, quite Northern town in British Columbia. 3rd winter here. The coldest I've seen it here was -41°C with wind chill, feeling like - 48°C. I'm not loving it.

I live in Iqaluit Nunavut …. so it’s nice for people to see different parts of Canada that a lot don’t even know about

"land of the midnight sun" has often been used to refer to Canada's arctic region and, more loosely, to the Yukon and the Northwest Territories and Nunavut.

I've been to Moosonee Factory, an island on Moose River just south of James Bay! Very northern Ontario!

Hamlet, Village, Town, City. Basically the title by size and amount of time the place has been acknowledged. Hamlet is the smallest, least known title, as I understand it.

Narwhals and Beluga whales are two different creatures entirely. There is a very unique beauty in the Arctic region, it is truly stunning.

man this guys good looking. Oh great videos. Enjoy them thoroughly. Always nice to see a different perspective

My daughter lives in that Regions Capital, IQALUIT. She runs the food centre. Rifle in case a polar bear or wolves are too close. I am amazed at her resilience!!☀️🌄

Interesting video. I am taking an Expedition cruise of the Northwest Passage (Greenland and Canadian Arctic) in August. One of the stops we will be going to is Grise Fiord.

Your surprise at the temps always gets to me. Lol, I live in Edmonton, considerably much more south than Grise Fjord, but we still get -40 or colder temps quite often through our miserably long winters.

Very interesting ! About food, you might want to go see videos about the high prices up north. There is a federal program called "Nutrition North" that helps but even with it, the price of a grocery can still be a lot more than for us, down south. For the Inuit population, hunting is still a necessity to get enough food for the family.

I live on Toronto, but it is my understanding that the fresh veggies are very expensive and the snow and ice are melting, so hunting is getting difficult. I heard a Inuit woman speaking and she mentioned their whole way of life is changing due to climate change and much of it will be lost for their youth.

Yes it was a Narhwal! Btw! Common phrase heard up North " Don't Shoot the Bear!", " Why? " , " You'll just piss him off!!!" 😲😲The guns a common hunter may not have a gun powerful enough to stop a Polar Bear!!! The Northern Rangers ....maybe. But who's going to come save you from said bear....the Rangers mau not be in your area at the time. So for the most part you avoid them like the plague and by the way even the bears don't hunt Walrus if the can avoid it. They're teeth and claws while dangerous enough to kill just about anything else are not good enough to get through Walrus hide....a wolf pack definately NOT!!!

I lived in Timmins for 9 years, moved back to the Ottawa area because the winters were too long there. I can’t imagine winter year round.

Tyler you are so cute, when you saw the narwhal and said “wait, these are actually real” I had to smile. Your like a kid in a candy store for the first time.. 😆 I cannot imagine the darkness for two months of the year…that would be so weird. The temperature’s I have experienced in winter here in Manitoba. The difference is that we might get a freeze like that for a few days usually caused by the wind chill, -45C but we have a lot of things we can access that are indoors such as shopping malls, indoor gyms & pools that this community would not have. Thanks for sharing the video and your reaction to it. ❤

-30c isn't that bad. Just an average February on the Canadian prairies (Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba). Here in Winnipeg, we get stretches of -30c (excluding windchill) that lasts for weeks at a time in February. The coldest I remember was -40 (excluding windchill) one morning. -40c = -40F by the way. WITH windchill it can get down to -60c in the winter. But I, like many Canadians from the prairies, was born and raised in it so it is a minor annoyance but I'm accustomed to it. I can't handle heat though. I'd rather have -20c than +30c anytime.

Hey Tyler, It's pronounced the same way as Greece. And just a little FYI, anywhere above the Arctic Circle will see 24 hours of both sunlight and darkness. That 24 hours of both is what actually delineates the Arctic circle.

My sisters FIL worked in the diamond mines in NWT. He had a critical accident and it was a 3 day trip getting him to the hospital in Edmonton.

Hamlet is the smallest size of population to register a name on a map. From there as the population increases you go to village then a town then a city. It's been a while since I've had to deal with municipal things but I believe hamlet is under 500, village is under 7,500 and 10-thousand plus is a town. There's also rural communities and ski-resorts that come under a different classification. There's also city centres and different classification of cities but that's a whole different thing along with the requirements of a town hall, firehall, place of worship etc. that also determine the classification of some smaller communities. These are the guidelines I recall from the 1980's but I know Stats Canada has updated the meanings not long ago for census reporting and so forth.

Was Canadian military for 12 years and spent 2 summers up in Resolute Bay. Great people, but they have a hard life up there for sure. Supplies are both flown in by Westjet (out of Yellowknife) and a ship shows up once a year in August/Sept to replenish Resolute Bay for the year.

I hope you read the comments Tyler...most of us have made you an honorary Canadian and we appreciate your interest and respect. Thank you!

A hamlet is a village or small small town...merry new year Tyler

There is a cool CBC documentary tv series on GEM, called "High Arctic Haulers" that details the once a year ship trip to resupply the Arctic. Very good watch.

My son lived in Sachs Harbour in the artic circle with his grandma twice one year at a time. She ran the health center there

Interesting! It is close to Greenland as well. Check out Inuvik and Taktiyuktuk. Permanent highway just completed to latter. Inuvik founded in 1958.

Co-op grocery stores and gas stations are available in every province coast to coast . They are very common.

Tyler, when they showed the man selling the carvings, the next shot was of a man holding a narwhal tusk. They sell for several hundreds of dollars.

Hamlet, one step down from village

another good one American dude

Hi Tyler, I was a member of 103 Search and Rescue Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Gander, NL, for a good number of years and have actually been there twice as we flew our Cormorant Helicopters up to Alert, the Canadian Forces Base considerably farther North. Very interesting place and a far more interesting airport. Scary in bad weather. 😁 The Island that one of the people that posted before me is called Hann's Island. It's in the straight between Canada and Greenland. Landed there as well and our government kind of freaked out. I'm retired now so I don't care. 🤣🤣🤣 And yes is correctly pronounced more like "Greece". Enjoy your videos BTW. Cheers. Oh a Hamlet is just an old English word for dwelling or small town.

The vehicle withouth the wheel belongs to the RCMP, who are responsible for policing the hamlet. I expect that the hamlet has one police officer and a nurse. Serious cases would be flown to Resolute and then further south as required.

Hi Tyler, love your channel. You mentioned controversy a number of times and this hamlet of the North only scratches the surface of Canada’s treatment of indigenous peoples throughout its history. Like many nations, ours is also without regret and shame from certain past transgressions (I’m being polite). I always come to your channel for a smile but if you truly want yourself and your audience to experience all that is Canada, we need to also talk about…that thing.

Come down my way to the most southern town in Canada! Leamington 🙌🙌. It’s beautiful ❤️🇨🇦

Not sure if you have covered Canadian television show locations in a video yet, but Beachcombers could be a start to an idea. it's pretty Canadian.

It can actually get just as cold here in Quebec certain days in the winter, as well as northern BC like Prince George

The first animal was definitely a Narwhal. :)

And technically 2 boats - an icebreaker is needed for the sealift to get through

According the wikipedia, many of the original residents of Grise Fiord were relocated from Inukjuak, an Inuit village in northern Quebec that was over 2200 km away to the south (1367 miles), similar to the distance between Chicago and Miami (1381 miles), but much less accessible of course.

Tyler, will you be coming west? I could have missed some vids but there’s lots of beautiful things in Alberta and BC! Our grand Rocky Mountains for one! Love your vids

Yes they are flown in.There are programs to help underwrite the cost of food. It’s 25$ for 12 Pepsi in the near north. Of course they eat fish. The dog sled in the north are a regular thing. In Alaska too. You should check out the most northerly, communities in Northern Alaska.

I have to say I really truly love your videos lol 💖 I was born in and now live in Newfoundland for a long time which Newfoundland wasn’t part of Canada until 1949 and I love the history of it :) but I must say I never knew about this what you’ve shown me today and I truly feel for the people of Nunavut and they most likely would’ve been better off without the Canadian governments intervention in the 1950’s I think you said it was

Need to look at videos on the Black Donnellys in Lucan Ontario also museum is there

Pronunced like Grease Fiord. A hamlet is like a small village. Ellesmere Island (5th largest island in the world). I work up there just not that far but I have been to Resolute. Yes, narwhal is common in the North and that was one. Beluga's are white and don't have a "horn". Supplies are regularly flown in plus sealift in the summer.

15:00 who buy ice cream bar when it's always cold there haha

Water is more likely to freeze in exposed pipes. Likely the real reason is because it will still freeze if buried in permafrost and its just easier to repair if above ground.

Hi! Have you checked out the Documentary about the massive ice storm that hit Quebec in 1998?! Utube has a doc. about it, just search, I seen it pop up the other day! I'm in Ontario, their western neighbour. It was terrible for them.

The bullet holes in the RCMP truck lol 😆

i had a freind who was in resolute for work 1 season a clubhouse sandwhich was 14 dollars in 1986 and a gallon of gas was around 8 dollars a gallon...everything was flown in or a ship in the summer or ships

As a Canadian I'm learning some things about my country on your channel. But I really wish you would learn about Vancouver. It's so different from the rest of Canada. The most beautiful of the big cities, 3rd largest metropolitan area, mild winters etc. And Vancouver Island with Victoria having the mildest climate in the country. Also when you checked out Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and Quebec city (all eastern) you forgot Calgary and Edmonton in Alberta (the cowboy and oil province). You did have one on the Rockies and their national parks near there. Also, check out Whistler, the biggest and maybe best ski resort in North America. These are just suggestions, but it's important to discover the west too.

There are over 25 communities in Nunavut. Each one is unique. I live in Baker Lake the centre of Canada. I work and hunt on the land. I work as an environmental technician during the warm months around the gold mine and shipping route to Hudson Bay. We hunt caribou, wolf, wolverine, fox and muskox plus more. I also sew winter clothing including mitts and pants by hand. Please react to a video on Baker Lake, Nunavut. Thanks and I enjoy your videos, I've made many great friends from the U.S.

I worked in La Grande, Quebec in the late 70s from October to end of June. At the peak of winter all you get is around 3pm the darkness turn to dark blue and back to black in a few minutes. but one thing you have to see is the Northern lights (Aurora Boreales) during the months of September and October. Wow! Impressive. Dancing curtains of color across the horizon. Something that is seared into my brain forever. Summer? total opposite. Sunset 11pm, sunrise 12am. Yes, it is never dark. The sunset transforms into a sunrise before your eyes.

There is a NORAD base further north called Alert. Apparently the Angolese have an embassy there, LOL.

A suggestion for you to watch and react to are videos of the Canadian Rangers. The Rangers are mainly Dene and Inuit who live in the High Arctic and keep watch for invaders (by land or sea) from countries like Russia. Some Canadian Military are trained by and with the Rangers. I believe the Rangers are volunteers, but I don't know that for a fact. As one military person said in a video, why wouldn't we learn from these people. The Arctic is their playground. Just a suggestion!

Interesting Canadian topics: Gold Rush, Residential Schools, 60s Scoop, Robert Pickton, West Coast Trail

Due South is another old TV show that has a CDN Mountie working in Chicago. It has tons of stereotypes.

You should definitely watch some world junior hockey highlights, it's easily the biggest thing on in Canada during Christmas time. Us Canadians go crazy for it!

The coldest temperature ever recorded in North America was in the Yukon in 1947.The temp reached -81

Hey Tyler, I quite enjoy your videos! Would love to see more having to do with British Columbia as a gentle suggestion. Please and thanks! As a former Island Lad - I'd suggest you look into Vancouver Island / Victoria stuff as well as Vancouver area interesting things.

Hey Tyler…you need to look up SCTV (Second City TV). In particular Bob & Doug Mackenzie. 😀

There were no Inuit living in the area of Grise Fjord before 1955. This doesn't mean they hadn't visited the area. Inuit from Nunavik (Northern Quebec) were promised better living conditions if they agreed to move to Grise Fjord. Most of these promises were false and led to a monetary settlement many years later. Regardless, many survived and the community continues to exist.

My father in law developed cancer and asked me if I would help him with this northern community that he had recently been put in charge of and was in financial trouble while he was getting treatment down south in my hometown. I did a 6 month stint in a Nunavut hamlet as Director of Public works and Senior Administrative Officer. Going from a city of almost 1.5 million to a hamlet of 358 people that can only be reached by plane was quite the culture shock. I landed for my first day of work on the first day of spring (March 21) to a temp of -31°c and was told by my then employee that I just missed the cold snap. LOL. Lots and lots of cool stories for only being up there for 6 months.

Yes, check out Alert on the most northern tip of Ellesmere Island.

Yes it was a Narwhal and they do exist.

15:15 - That there audit may reveal that in fact it was actually the fault of one or two persons that the store couldn't maintain stock or remain open and had serious financial discrepancies. That place was like the perfect situation for local corruption to evolve. It only takes one bad apple.