2017-11-16

jesse_the_k: Due South's RayK and Fraser both rubbing their foreheads (dS F/K headache)
2017-11-16 11:01 am

By road and by foot to Tuktoyaktuk

I've always enjoyed winter weather, and that's one of the reasons I was drawn to Due South. Canonically, Fraser grew up in Tuktoyaktuk, the "End of the Road" coastal hamlet on the Beaufort Sea.

I encountered Tuk again today in Nadim Roberts' heartbreaking essay from GRANTA. They've built a hard road highway from Inuvik to Tuk; the article is about why Tuk residents call it "Bernard's Highway."

CONTAINS: Generations of physical, sexual, social abuse of indigenous people )