Hey OW it is the capital of the Eastern Arctic... a town of 5000 people... there would be 70 people in the regional office Id be working in, mostly imported professionals from the rest of Canada, avarage age of the office is 29....
The ONLY real issue here is whether this job is cool enough that it is worthwhile accepting drastically reduced climbing time for. Sounds like at least 5 months of the year it is too cold to have much fun outside, and the rest of the time i might be hurting for partners, theres only a few people in town who have ever tied in before, according to a local guide outfitter i talked to.
BUT on the plus side there are unclimbed 2000 foot walls less than 40 km from town, a quick snowmobile commute in the spring.... and aside from climbing it sounds like a pretty cool and friendly place - albeit with a lot less culture in the form of urban amenities, than Vancouver has. But if i Compare it to volunteering with Drs Without Borders, or similar activities I was contemplating - the pay is better, they speak the language, no tropical diseases, no one will shoot me, and I get to see a rad part of the world it would otherwise be very expensive to visit.
So HMMMMMM I still gotta think this one over.