Greetings from the token Northerner

I currently live in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and I LOVE THE NORTH! Now it is cold 80% of the year, and there are weeks in the spring and fall when the trucks can't bring groceries up, but Yellowknife and the rest of the north, still has this magnetic pull that draws you in and makes you fall in love with the area, the people and the culture. Yellowknife is full of vibrant people, who have had to come up with ways to fight going crazy in the long, dark winter months. Where else can you find ugly truck and dog contests, or a Walmart whose biggest competitor is the town dump? Where else in the world are snowmobiles allowed to go anywhere in town except for the main street? Where else do you find people willing to create traffic jams just to let a ptarmigan (which is the silliest bird in existance) cross the street safely? Where else can you stay up 24 hours and never see the moon? Only in the north. In the north being an artist or musician is as noble a profession as working in the mines, and just as common. Even better, it only takes a 5 minute drive out of town to completely lose yourself in nature. The north is still largely untouched by humans. It is one of the few places where you can still hear silence. The north is my home, and I can not wait to see more of it. I am so excited to meet the other participants and show off my city!