Cruises from Tuktoyaktuk
Tuktoyaktuk (or just Tuk) is a hamlet of around 850 Western Canadian Inuit people. It lies just north of the Arctic Circle on the Beaufort Sea, of the Arctic Ocean. Its name means ‘Resembling a Caribou’. Here Inuit harvest caribou and beluga whales. As a natural harbour is transfers supplies to other settlements. Tuk is located on the Arctic tree line and near the Mackenzie River Delta. Many locals still hunt, fish and trap, but most earn income from tourism and transportation.
Read moreThe settlement has featured in documentaries and the 2008 TV series Ice Road Truckers. It is now connected to the south by a winter road.
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