How a highway to the Arctic Ocean is changing a corner of Canada’s Arctic
A the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway approaches its two-year anniversary, tourism continues to grow — but the future remains uncertain.

Nearly two years after it opened in Canada’s northwest corner, the only public highway to the Arctic Ocean in North America is seeing a spike in tourism — though the economic development it promises has been slower to develop.
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