Grise Fiord – also known as Aujuittuq – is the northernmost civilian settlement in Canada –the more famous Alert is technically a base – and the only one on Ellesmere Island; the tenth largest island in the world at nearly 200,000 square kilometres....
Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got...