Pond Inlet musher Michael Inuarak is hoisted in the air after completing the Nunavut Quest in 2017. That year the race began in Arctic Bay and ended in Igloolik, as it would have this year, prior to the race’s cancellation to avoid the spread of COVID-19. (File photo) - Artic Bay, Baffin Island, Canada 
Nunavut Quest cancelled second year in a row
The Nunavut Quest has been cancelled due to pandemic-related concerns, just days before the 500-kilometre dogsled race was scheduled to start.
Fourteen participants would have mushed from Arctic Bay to Igloolik over a week, starting on April 26.
Rhoda Natanine, the vice-chairperson of the Nunavut Quest committee, said organizers and participants put lots of work into preparing for the event and some were disappointed with the news, “but we want everybody to be safe.”
“If there’s no COVID, we can try again next year,” Natanine said about the event.
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