These grocery shelves in the High Arctic community of Arctic Bay, Nunavut, have people talking this week — $38 for cranberry cocktail, $29 for Cheez Whiz, and a whopping $77 for a bag of breaded chicken.The article goes on to discuss the effects of a change in the food subsidy program for the region; what it reminds me of is stories of how, during the gold rushes in California and Alaska, great wealth was accumulated - by those who sold eggs and food staples to the miners.
Via J-Walk.
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