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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News North of North\u2019s second season debuts on Sept. 1 for APTN+ subscribers, arriving on CBC by Sept. 8 and on Netflix later in the year. The show\u2019s creators, Alethea Arnaquq\u2011Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald, told Nunavut News what they were most excited about ahead of the season\u2019s release. \u201cThere are some new Inuit actors in there that the world hasn\u2019t seen yet, a couple who have never even acted before ever but just blew us away,\u201d Arnaquq\u2011Baril said. New characters and new love interests will join the cast, Aglok MacDonald added. Viewers of the eight-episode season will be introduced to an expanded universe in Ice Cove, the fictional Nunavut community filmed in Iqaluit. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some characters from an episode… <\/p>\n

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By William Koblensky Varela, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Nunavut News North of North\u2019s second season debuts on Sept. 1 for APTN+ subscribers, arriving on CBC by Sept. 8 and on Netflix later in the year. The show\u2019s creators, Alethea Arnaquq\u2011Baril and Stacey Aglok MacDonald, told Nunavut News what they were most excited about ahead of the season\u2019s release. \u201cThere are some new Inuit actors in there that the world hasn\u2019t seen yet, a couple who have never even acted before ever but just blew us away,\u201d Arnaquq\u2011Baril said. New characters and new love interests will join the cast, Aglok MacDonald added. Viewers of the eight-episode season will be introduced to an expanded universe in Ice Cove, the fictional Nunavut community filmed in Iqaluit. \u201cWe\u2019ve got some characters from an episode... <\/p>\n

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