Home is where the heart is.

And that means don't be looking for Whale Cove Mayor and wildlife officer, Oliver Shipton, his partner and their three-year-old-son, Aati, to be calling anywhere other than Whale Cove home for the foreseeable future.

Shipton, 27, originally from Huntsville, Ont., has been in Whale Cove for the past five years and had never lived in an isolated, fly-in community with a population less than 1,000 before.

His partner, Mikka Komaksiutiksak, was born and raised in Whale Cove. She moved south to Ottawa with her family, but returned to Whale Cove within a year of leaving.

Shipton said he couldn't see the community when approaching Whale Cove for the first time. He said he remembers seeing nothing but land and the tiny sea can of a terminal at the time when he first

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