The Real Northern News is a collection of articles chronicling a two year span that the author spent living in Iqaluit, Nunavut during 2003-05. These articles were published in the Pictou Advocate and tell a humourous and enlightening account of the differences and similarities of living in two different cultures: Scottish-Nova Scotia and Inuit-Nunavut. From the plane ride into the Great White North to return to life in the Shiretown his stories will take you from playing the Iqaluit Lottery to the Red Light District of the Arctic. Nothing is as it should be as you will see. If you ever wondered what the arctic lifestyle would offer you just sit back and enjoy one persons' perspective on what it was like for him.