In the tiny hamlet of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, more than 3,000 kilometres northwest of Scotiabank Arena, the Toronto Raptors’ famous slogan takes on a whole new meaning. Another 1,800 kilometres northeast of Cambridge Bay — or about as far from Toronto as Bogota, Colombia — lies Canadian Forces Station Alert, the most northerly permanently inhabited place on Earth. Life in such an isolated locale can be challenging, so the station’s rotating personnel do whatever they can to keep up morale; lately, that’s meant watching Raptors games on one of the two television channels available. It remains to be seen whether the Raptors’ appeal north of the Arctic Circle will continue past this dream season, but Cziranka said basketball itself will endure. And being in the Arctic, we have a lot of time to be inside,” she said.

Source: National Post June 10, 2019 08:03 UTC