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Food is expensive in the remote Nunavut community of Kugluktuk.

The hamlet located on the shores of the Arctic Ocean is also facing high unemployment, and many people are struggling to put food on the table.

As a single mom to four kids, Megan Klengenberg knows that struggle.

"People in town have a hard time because of the rising costs of food. Even the fresh fruit are very expensive," she said. "I myself have hard times sometimes, and I didn't know where to reach out."

But she made it through, learning how to efficiently stretch her money in a grocery store. When she realized you could feed hundreds of people with some big pots of stew, she decided to organize a new Meals on Wheels program with funding from Kitikmeot Inuit Association and Kugluktuk Heritage Committee. [...]

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A male wolf howling in the tundra early September south of Kugluktuk, Nunavut

After eight months of planning, Hovak Johnston has been able to bring the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project to Ulukhaktok, N.W.T.

"The oldest woman that I tattooed, she was 73 years old, and it's so powerful," she said. "I've had so many tears already."

Johnston arrived Friday and will be in the hamlet of just over 400 people for more than a week, one year after she brought the Inuit Tattoo Revitalization Project to Kugluktuk.

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The goal is to bring back a tradition that had nearly become "extinct" in the Inuit culture.

"It hadn't been practiced in three generations," said Johnston.

Johnston spent about nine years learning the art of traditional tattooing. She arrived in the community with another tattoo artist from Yellowknife as well as a videographer and photographer. The goal is to do as many tattoos as possible, for anyone who wants them.