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You know you are north - really north - when local residents say that they have to look south to see the northern lights! They may be joking, but in many cases it can be true!
Inuvik is situated on the East Channel of the Mackenzie River Delta. At 133˚43' west longitude, it is 10 degrees farther west than Vancouver, British Columbia.
The community is within the boreal forest, just south of the tree line and west of the open tundra. The Arctic Ocean is only 97 kilometres north and the Arctic Circle is 200 kilometres to the south.
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