A Los Angeles-bound flight — the city was a balmy 21 degrees — suddenly found itself diverted instead Wednesday to Iqaluit — a frigid, and somewhat ironic, minus 21. But all was not lost for Sanchez and the other jet-setting passengers suddenly stranded in the high Arctic in February — they got a tour of Iqaluit in a heated bus. “Iqaluit is a spectacular place, they only have a few hours so there’s no way they’ll see it all,” said Hawkins. It’s a good thing there was no plan to have them stay overnight because “there aren’t enough nearly enough hotel rooms. Alice Hebb, front desk agent at Capital Suites Iqaluit, booked a room for at least one of the passengers.

Source: National Post February 02, 2017 01:24 UTC