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I nuvik: An Arctic City With A Women’s Institute Residents of Inuvik live in pastel houses on stilts. This ancient way of building in Africa and the Far East recently broke new ground in Canada's frozen north. When the Canadian Government decided to raise a modern city in the Mackenzie River Delta. close to the Arctic Ocean, they faced the problem of permafrost. Permafrost â€" a layer of permanently fro- zen ground which begins one foot below the surface and extends downward 1,000 feet or more provides a shaky base for modern buildings. Heat from ground level structures melts the froZen earth and in time the build- ings sink. Engineers solved the problem with concrete stilts which allow air to circulate and prevent the ground from thawing. How to get water, heat, and sewer lines through frozen ground also troubled the new town‘s planners. An above-ground tunnel, the Utilitlor. provided the solution. Through it run pipes that carry heat and water from a central plant to public buildings and houses of civil servants. Because of its great cost. the Utilidor could not be connected to every house. Scienâ€" tists at the lnuvik Research Center are experi- menting with cheaper systems, including one that uses atomic power, to bring everyday comforts to all Eskimo and Indian bungalows. lnuvik. “place of man" in Eskimo language, attracts both Eskimos and Indians. Although north of the Arctic Circle. it lies about 40 miles south of the tree line. Indians feel at home within sight of dwarf forests of spruce and birch. Long Arctic winter nights and 24- hour summer days agree with Eskimos. One of the biggest towns of the Northwest Territories, Inuvik counts about 2,500 resiâ€" dents. The population swells when school opens. Then 900 children from all over the western Arctic arrive at the town‘s gleaming new school. named for the explorer Sir Alexâ€" ander Mackenzie. Bush pilots fly Eskimo boys and girls from Arctic Ocean homes as far off as Banks 15â€" land. 320 miles distant. River barges transport Loueheux. Hare. and Slave Indian children from fur-trading settlements along the Mack- enzie River. They arrive at lnuvik. on the east bank of the Mackenzie. just a few weeks be- lore ice closes off the river highway. _The only modern town within hundreds of miles. ttve»year-old Inuvik displays a 20â€"foom hotel. restaurants, movie theatre, and curling rink. An SOâ€"bed hospital rises on the outskirts of town. 24 Around Inuvik, fur~trading settlements Aklavik dot a lonely, seemingly endless 1;, ' For more than 150 years, since voyageurg ; opened the Mackenzie region to trade, fur a king. As supplies of fur dwindle, Canada loot, a wealth of minerals. Lead, zinc, and per, um may become the new kings of the IV west Territories, a land mass that covers third of Canada. But mines and new indi: need workers, and in an effort to lure st‘ the government built the showpiece ton Inuvik. Comforts like hot and cold running x electric lights, fresh fruit, and hiâ€"fi pn southern Canadians that life in the Areti be as pleasant as in their own hometown- like the pioneers of the past, few famill. day want to brave the rigors of the Wilde Though used to wilderness life, Eskimt Indians leave their villages to find a for new towns. Few of Inuvik‘s high school g ates go back home to trap white fox. or caribou, polar bears, and seals. Some go l University of British Columbia. Some bi doctors, engineers, and teachers. They i future generations of Indians and Eskin follow in their footsteps and help dEVEIOt‘ other Canadians, their rich land. * ir fir THE FOX AND THE CAT The fox and the cat, as they travelled one a With moral discnurses cut shorter the way: “’Tis great," says the fox, "to make jusut guide!” "How god-like is mercy!" Grimalkin replu Whilst thus they proceeded, a wolf from the Impatient of hunger, and thirsting for blo. Rushed forth â€" as he saw the dull sis asleep â€" And seized for his supper an innocent Sht‘L "In vain, wretched victim, for mercy you bit When mutton's at hand,” says the wolft eat.” Grimalkin‘s astonished] the fox stood aghan To See the fell beast at his bloody repast. “What a wretch,” says the cat, " 'Tis the \‘I brutcs; Does he feed upon flesh when there's herbs roots ?" Cries the fox, "While our oaks give us new good, What a. tyrant is this to spill innocent lilo \Vell, onward they marched, and they mt-l still, Till they came where some poultry picked by a mill. Sly Reynard surveyed them with gluttonous‘t And made, spite of morals, a puller his Pr” A mouse, too, that chanced from her com stray, The greedy Grimalkin secured as her prey. A spider that sat in her web on the walls Perceived the poor victims, and pitied then She cried, "Of such murders how guiltiess M 30 ran to regale on a new-taken fly. John Cunnint at HOME AND mm at