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Publisher:\u00a0<\/strong>BBC News (author: Beth Rose)
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Welcome to Iqaluit, capital city of Nunavut, Canada. What’s it like to live there if you’re blind?
Jenna is almost completely blind. She has glaucoma and although she has some light perception in her right eye, she relies on her guide dog who wears a jacket underneath her harness and boots on her feet to brave Nunavut’s freezing roads.<\/p>

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