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Meiko

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3. The problem with these

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Tue Jun 12, 2012, 08:55 PM

Jun 2012

remote areas is that everything needs to be flown in. Are there any roads at all that go to this location? If everything is flown in the people are forced to pay whatever a private air freight company wants to charge, and it isn't cheap. From what I have read Nunavut covers a rather large area yet is very sparsely populated. Even if there are some roads it is still very costly to ship goods and fluctuating fuel prices don't help.

It looks like the government is going to have to subsidize the area.

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Don't know if this is the right place to post this, but it needs to be seen and shared! [View all] madmom Jun 2012 OP

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We have these same issues in Western Alaska Native villages. Blue_In_AK Jun 2012 #6