Google maps Nunavut hamlet by tricycle (fwd link)

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Google maps Nunavut hamlet by tricycle
Company's staff pedals Street View cameras around Cambridge BayCBC
News<http://www.cbc.ca/news/credit.html>
 Posted: Aug 23, 2012 6:06 AM CT

Google Street View has ventured the farthest north it has ever been in
Canada as it undertakes mapping of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, this week.

Google said the community is also one of the most remote locations it has
ever visited.

This is the first time the service has come to Nunavut, where internet
access is only available via satellite instead of a fibre optic link. There
is no 3G or 4G service in the territory.
Access full article below:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2012/08/22/north-google-street-view.html

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ILAT note: not exactly current news but quite interesting nonetheless.
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