And where the Inuit welcome you into their camp, and you can pass the night in a comfortable tent at the floe edge. Spring is also a wonderful time to ski in the Arctic. Cross-country ski in parks where caribou browse and arctic hares bound across the tracks. The warm sun and long days provide memorable trips in pristine wilderness. A community festival welcomes visitors for a weekend of fun, dancing and feasting.
Spring is the time for residents to get out and about.
Families gather on the sea ice for a two or three day festival of Inuit games, and snowmobile and dogteam races, followed by a community feast. Visitors sample muktuk, winter-catch Arctic Char fresh from a lake, muskox and caribou, all washed down with hearty tea. When the food is gone, the Inuit may demonstrate drumming and singing, and a fashion show might display traditional clothing. Then the band warms up, and it's time for jigs and reels - a northern variety of square dancing, plus some serious disco and line dancing. Nunavut outfitters offer all these experiences of the snow season.