Yes, there is the cost of shipping that raises the prices, but what are the wages up there that allow people to afford these prices ????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz0YYkvG_Lg

Wages are way higher in remote communities for the few jobs that are available due to isolation and northern allowances. That’s one reason why so many people count on hunting and trapping to help make a living. Excess harvest can be sold or traded with working folks who might want country food but don’t have time to go harvesting for themselves. People help each other. Celebrities crying about stopping the seal hunt etc have no idea how important that food source is to locals. I know a lot of people complain about northerners hunting like why get 10-12 caribou or 2-3 moose at a time but once they see the cost of living it should make sense. Plus there’s more animals than people so it’s not doing any harm to the herds. Even for myself with a good job I hunt to make ends meet. I’m not paying $90 for a beef roast when I can go get a couple moose close to town for a similar price (if I’m successful that is)

One year my mom asked the store manager why is a tomato $8?
He replied that it had to be flown in.
She asked if the tomato had it own seat on the plane.

When I drive down to Whitehorse I load every nook and cranny of my truck full with staple items like laundry soap, dish soap, ammunition, cereal, kids snacks, juice mix, etc and etc.

Wait a minute....whadda ya mean these people? Haha just kidding.
I should add that a seal provides meat AND fur. Eat the meat and buy pampers and other such items with the proceeds of a fur sold or made into crafts which increases the profit made. Lots of carvers and crafters. Cruise ships bring in thousands of dollars to the small communities.

I wouldn't eat half of that crap even if it was free.

That crap is free lots of time when the stores can't sell it for the inflated prices it's taken to the dump. Last week they threw out 2 pallets of expired gatoraid.

You going to start selling at Cranberries camp this fall Ryan? Top years ago I shot an ugaruk on the shore at Conni Lake. It released its bowels all the way home. I blamed Tyson.

Wow! It certainly makes one grateful for what we have.

Wow! It certainly makes one grateful for what we have.

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Fast food and junk food are super expensive to begin with. Diapers are a choice......