Firstly, we are glad that you stumbled upon our little blog in the vastness of the internet while you were researching a possible move to Nunavut. Though we do offer tips and anecdotes in our posts, this is by no means a comprehensive guide to living in the territory. We only write what we've experienced and of things we are willing to share. We do not claim to know everything about living here, nor do we wish to do so. We write to share our personal experiences as we come across them, so we can offer a mere glimpse into how we feel moving from the south to the north.
You say we don't speak of the food issues that the people of the north face, but that's exactly what we do in our post, Feeding the North . Yes, we often speak of the food we eat and the stocking up we do, but isn't that in itself a reference to how expensive it is to live here? We say that we stock up on food from the south - because the food here is pricey. What you call "extravagant food hoarding" is us being resourceful in finding alternative methods to spend the *same* amount of money and getting 3-5 times the quantity of food to last us months at a time vs. a week or two. Your idea of us being insensitive because we stock up is a correlation that we don't understand - we aren't buying the food and throwing it out to rub salt in wounds, these are things we use and consume on a daily basis in the privacy of our own home. In every case to date, we find our suppliers and distributors based on recommendations from the locals who use the services themselves.

In your comment you also make a lot of presumptions about us and the people within our community. You cannot claim to know what everyone thinks, nor are you privy to what we do ourselves. A blog is a snapshot of what we choose to share of our experiences and not the full story. We do not talk of the significant amount of food that we have donated to food drives, the gifts we gave to friends (who are locals) during the holidays, how active we are on various groups and committees that speak out against the high prices of food in the north, or the many other things we choose to do with our time and resources within our community, but do not assume that it does not happen and call us "selfish" and "self-interested." It is dangerous to make assumptions of people you do not know based on a very narrow view into our lives.

This blog is by no means a political soapbox or an official how-to on living in the north. It is simply us documenting certain aspects of our time here and sharing a fraction of our life. You are welcome to continue reading, and we hope you do. Not every post will be about what we're having for dinner, nor will they always be a lesson to be taught/learned either. Whatever direction our experiences lead us, be it towards the kitchen to bake cookies, or out on the land to peek at some caribou, we will continue to write about how we choose to be living in the north.