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More comfort and hospitality than you ever expected

AWLodgeYears ago, travel to the High Arctic meant sleeping in a tent on the tundra, with no electricity or hot water. The Arctic Watch Wildness Lodge is a testament to just how much things have changed and to the level of comfort—even luxury—that today’s Arctic travellers can expect.

AWLodgeConstructed and opened in 1992, the Arctic Watch Wilderness Lodge is located in Cunningham Inlet, on Somerset island, in Nunavut, Canada’s largest and newest territory, which formally came into being in 1999. It’s the most northerly fly-in lodge in the world and offers a level of accommodation that’s the equivalent to that of a five-star hotel in Nunavut.

AWLodgeA permanent “Sprung” structure, (www.sprung.com) the lodge’s walls are made of an innovative and incredibly tough and durable fabric that adheres to a tensioned membrane or framework. Modern and comfortable, the main complex houses a dining room, kitchen, lounge, library, an interpretive and museum centre, souvenir shop, shower facilities and an activities/gear room.

AWLodgeArctic Watch boasts 16 private guest cabins, each with a marine toilet and cold-water sink. Showers are located in the main complex. Every night, our guests receive hot-water bottles to take with them as they bed down under thick duvets that keep them cozy and warm through the Arctic night.

AWLodgeElectricity is generated by a generator that operates from early morning to 10:30 p.m., which means there is no electricity in the cabins at night. Water comes from the Cunningham River. It’s fully potable and is pumped daily into a holding tank on a hill above the lodge. Gravity ensures that fresh water is delivered to the lodge and cabins 24 hours a day.

AWLodgeThe great room, which includes our lounge and interpretive centre, is home to an extensive Arctic library. Here guests will find a small interpretive centre, housing regional artifacts, traditional Inuit clothing and 42-million-year-old wood, bones and fossils. Detailed geological and geographical maps are also accessible at the centre.

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Testimonials

Yet again, we are truely impressed with the quality of guides, cooks and of course hosts. A few long walks, cannot do justice to the beauty available in the high arctic. Drifting carelessly in a kayak with sunny skies and a breathless wind observing the whales and seals offered an early glimpse of what heaven may be like. A sincere thank you for another wonderful life experience!

John, Patricia, Gordon and William Gouinlock


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  • The Creativity Behind Arctic Watch: Matt Davidson and Andrew Milne

    The saying goes, once you’ve been bitten by the arctic bug, you can’t stop going back to the arctic. Nearly 25 years ago, my parents were first “bitten”. My parents did expeditions throughout the Arctic, on foot, kayak and ski. They skied to both poles, roamed the tundra during the summer and, in 2000, started Arctic Watch. Finally, the perfect  [...]

  • Enroute to Arctic Watch: Yellowknife N.W.T

    As the summer at Arctic Watch is quickly approaching, I’ve had several guests ask me what there is to be done in Yellowknife, NWT. Guests flying to Arctic Watch depart from Yellowknife, leaving the Northwestern Territories, for the final 4 hour flight, over to Nunavut and north to the Arctic Watch. The city of Yellowknife, located on Great Slave Lake,  [...]

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  • Josee with an African Penguin
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