There is no slowing Titus Allooloo down.

The 69-year-old Pond Inlet resident has spent decades of his life working in business and politics, most notably as a former member and cabinet minister of the Northwest Territories Legislature.

He has retired from that kind of work, but rather than settle into a quiet life at home, he now fills his days serving as a member of the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1 CRPG), the branch of the Canadian Rangers responsible for Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and part of northern British Columbia.

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Allooloo has been serving with the Rangers, who are part of the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve but are not technically reservists, since roughly 2012.

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Allooloo and his fellow Rangers have many other responsibilities, notably teaching Arctic survival skills to members of the Canadian military, as well as search and rescue technicians and occasionally personnel from Europe and the United States.

His courses, which are not mandatory, provide instruction on staying warm without a heat source and building shelters, starting with structures like snow caves and ending with iglus.

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It is difficult work, but Allooloo doesnSA国际影视传媒檛 intend to stop any time soon. He is still in good shape, and enjoys spending time outdoors. Just last summer, he boated from Iqaluit to Pond Inlet. He also enjoys sharing his knowledge, having taught a range of first-aid and survival courses over the years.

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Allooloo was elected to his first term in the NWT legislative assembly in 1987, and served until 1995. He later joined the Nunavut Electoral Boundary Commission, which set the first electoral boundaries for the territory.

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