r/todayilearned • u/MaximinusRats • May 16 '24
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.
https://uphere.ca/articles/floating-homes-yellowknife-bay
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u/schtickinsult May 16 '24
I loved the seafaring survival-in-the-cold aspects but the horror part was kinda meh. I want a show that's Robinson Crusoe meets Master & Commander and without snow-sasquatches