#arctic bay

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Wave Race: Blue Storm

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Arctic Bay

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Yes, even a game like Wave Race can have ice levels. Today the racers gear up for a downright surreal race in the arctic.

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From National Geographic Photo of the Day; October 12, 2018:

White Wolves Ejaz Khan, National Geographic Your Shot

A pack of Baffin Island Wolf (Canis lupus manningi) strolls by on the Arctic Bay in Nunavut, Canada. It's hard for scientists to spend time studying the animals, as temperatures in their climate can get down to −63 °F.

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from CBC Nunavut:

You are never too old to model your own designs. Qaapik Attagutsiak is 96 years old from Arctic Bay. The community held a fashion show of their own designs including Qaapik.

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Day 23: Arctic Bay (Wave Race: Blue Storm)

Wave Race is a jetski racing series made by Nintendo, originally released on the N64. Blue Storm is the Gamecube sequel to Wave Race 64. It was one of the first releases for the Gamecube, and I feel like it mainly exists to show off the Gamecube's water physics.

So what's an ice level doing in a game about a summer sport? Search me. I think the reason I remember this one so well is because it requires so much suspension of disbelief in what is otherwise a pretty realistic racer.

Most of the course circles around a huge ice formation, and there are a few background details like a ship full of spectators, plus some polar bears hanging around on the ice.

Don't try this at home, kids. By all rights these racers should already be dead from hypothermia.

To proceed you need to pass each buoy on the correct side. The arrows above help to showcase this. Hit 5 in a row, and you get a turbo boost.

This is the last race of the Normal circuit. It appears in the higher difficulty circuits as well, but with a different path through each time. Courses can also be affected by the current weather. Rainy weather translates to snow here, naturally, and makes the waves get higher.

Finishing the race shows off a replay with some cool camera angles. I got first place in this race, and second for the whole circuit.

Free Roam mode lets you freely explore each course without having to worry about passing buoys or other racers. It's good for finding secrets, like this ice cavern full of penguins. Wait... penguins in the arctic? What sort of parallel universe does this game take place in?

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Arctic Bay, Nunavut, Canada

73.083132, -85.062979

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Arctic Bay, NU X0A 0A0, Canada

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Arctic Bay, NU X0A 0A0, Canada