Nakasuk
Nakasuk (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓇᑲᓱᒃ IPA: [nakasuk]) was an Inuk who was born at a sealing camp near Pangnirtung, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut) in the early 20th century and grew up around Kimmirut (formerly Lake Harbour). He assisted a US Navy party wintering on Baffin Island during the 1941-1942 winter to find a suitable location for a US air base. During World War II, the United States constructed a chain of airfields connecting the United States to the United Kingdom via Arctic Canada, Greenland and Iceland. (See DEW Line.)
The site they selected is the location of the modern community of Iqaluit. Nakasuk remained at the site to assist the Americans in establishing their base, and settled there permanently after its completion, becoming Iqaluit's first permanent resident. He is therefore remembered as the founder of Iqaluit, and Nakasuk Elementary School is named in his honour.
His name means "bladder" in Inuktitut.
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Nagasaki
by: Kathleen EdwardsHere's a riddle to the answer
Anything I cannot hide
Head is clumsy, heart is open
And only dust and dirt inside
And I am screaming, not with my mouth
Not even asking all that much
Well, I can't set our lazy limelights
'Cause I've been bastardized enough
If I can't be your Nagasaki
You should please just leave me alone
'Cause my good sir
Hiroshima
And I think I might explode
And if no man can be an island
Maybe I will be that no man
Little floater in the bathtub
I'm half asleep, to weak to stand
And here's the riddle to your answer
And the sum of human fear
Well, I can't drop bombs on my hierarchy
When what I have just disappears
If I can't be your Nagasaki
You should please just leave me alone
'Cause my good sir
Hiroshima
And I think I might explode
I can't be your Nagasaki
You should please just leave me alone
'Cause my good sir
Hiroshima
And I think I might explode