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574:, Norway, a city located over 2.5 degrees of latitude north of Inuvik, to see that coastal influences, ocean currents, and wind patterns can produce considerable difference in climatic conditions far north, just as they do in other latitudes. Inuvik's climate apparently fluctuates between further extremes than the more moderate Honningsvåg, especially at the low side, and average summer highs are fairly close. Rapid temperature shifts during seasonal change are also common to a variety of locales that experience wide extremes: check out averages for cities in Minnesota, for example. One cannot discount the effects of 24-hour sun near the summer solstice, either. Inuvik would have a shorter span for this than Honningsvåg, but it lasts from early-mid May until early August at Honningsvåg. That leaves weeks of time for heat to accumulate without night-time dissipation. Honningsvåg's climate is especially cloudy during summer, which reflects much of it back even as it is received. The Inuvik data makes no mention of cloudiness, only of precipitation, but wetness does not always imply how often skies are overcast. It rains daily in Los Alamos, NM during summer, usually between 2 and 3 PM, but it is also usually sunny all day except for the hour or two of the thunderstorm. Some added data might help to explain your doubts, but what we see here is not as counterintuitive as you suggest. 164: 98: 204: 253: 232: 88: 53: 22: 184: 382:
commercial barge service from Hay River, on the Gt.Slave Lake to the communities along the whole of the western arctic, including the north coast of Alaska. Access via ground from Tuktoyaktuk to the north is only possible in winter over an ice road extending across a section of the Arctic Ocean and down the Mackenzie River which is rated for 65,000 pound loads.
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This page describes the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway as "the first road in history to reach the polar shore of North America." This is not accurate as there are private roads through the oil fields in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska that connect the end of the Dalton Highway with the arctic shore, and these roads
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Access is via the Dempster Highway for the majority of the year. Closure during the time for ice to form and allow a winter road, and to thaw to allow the ferry to run. At these times, air access only. When the Mackenzie flows there is a commercial barge service from Hay River, on the Gt.Slave Lake
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Access is via the Dempster Highway for the majority of the year. The Dempster is impassable during the spring and fall months and access is only possible via air, as 2 large rivers on the highway are only crossable via ferry in the summer or ice road in winter. When the Mackenzie flows there is a
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given the latitude and proximity to the arctic ocean. I'm not doubting that this is true, I'm only saying that this data is so unusual that it requires an explanation. Granted, I'm not a local so I don't know the area that well but I have taken a strong interest to it.
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Inuvik's climate doesn't seem to match its latitude or location, so an explanation of why it is so warm from a reputable source is in order in my opinion. The data doesn't seem believable at all, so additionally I would say it needs more sources than usual.
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But the latitude is not the main factor. Barrow is a bit further north than Inuvik, about 325 km (202 mi). Barrow is on the coast while Inuvik is inland a bit. Also a give away that the climate in Inuvik should be milder is that they are south of the
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If this block could be clarified, answering questions like "when is closure time?" and "when is thaw time?" and "what do ferries have to do with the Dempster Highway?" and that sort of thing, the information itself does belong in the article. --
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That update for the town population is strange. I got the initial information also from the town website. It seems that in one place they have 1996 information and in the other they've got 2000 information. --
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Is there anyone who could add a pronunciation guide in the first paragraph? I believe the stress is on the second syllable but as I've never heard it pronounced I can't be certain.
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I'm not sure what you mean by the data not being believable. Can you explain a bit more? Why do the temperatures seem to be too warm? They don't seem too much different than
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My point is that for people who are not familiar with the area, the information is really confusing because it seems very counterintuitive.
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Having driven the length of the Dempster in January, and on across the ocean ice road to Tuk, I can offer a possible edit for the paragraph:
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Shouldn't there be in there somewhere something about that artificial sun-ball-balloon thingy that was made by Tropicana?
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Does anyone have a link to the sunshine data used in the climate chart here?
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