The Canadian Arctic's vast landscape has always been a challenge when it comes to implementing and developing reliable Arctic infrastructure.
Home to 150,000 people, with four of every 10 identifying as Indigenous, the Canadian Arctic's infrastructure deficit has been the most persistent issue affecting northern Arctic communities.
This is not a newly identified problem: the lack of access to reliable and capable infrastructure in the Canadian Arctic has historically been a lingering and unresolved issue for territorial and federal governments in Canada.