The Eastern Arctic is serviced by the smaller town of Rankin Inlet, which in turn is serviced by barge during summer.
Under the alternate formula for determining the boundary between arctic and subarctic climates posited by Otto Nordenskiöld, however, Rankin Inlet, along with Arviat and Baker Lake, qualify as arctic based on the relationship between the temperatures of the coldest and warmest months; in the case of Rankin Inlet, with a coldest-month (January) mean of -30.8° C, said boundary for the warmest month would be 12.1° C, and Rankin Inlet's warmest month (July) averages only 10.5° C.
After spending some time to the establishment of Rankin Inlet in the Northwest Territories, he returned to Puvirnituq in 1960 and founded its first village council and acted as its chair from 1962 to 1968.
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Survivors who couldn't walk were airlifted to Whale Cove, Baker Lake and Rankin Inlet.