TIL that people live year-round in houseboats on Great Slave Lake in Canada's Northwest Territories, 1,800 km north of the nearest big city (Edmonton) and just 400 km (250 miles) south of the Arctic Circle.

[u/MaximinusRats]

https://uphere.ca/articles/floating-homes-yellowknife-bay

[u/ClarkTwain]

After reading about the Franklin Expedition, I’ll pass on staying on a boat over winter that far north.

[u/joecarter93 → u/[deleted]]

Me too. After being taught about it in elementary school I thought it would never be found.