Polar Vision
Baffin Optical
100% Inuit Owned
Glasses, Sunglasses and Contact Lenses in Yellowknife and Iqaluit
No matter where you live in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut Polar Vision Centres Ltd. have you covered, with high end prescription glasses available through our offices in Yellowknife and Iqaluit. If you are not able to reach one of these outlets contact us for scheduled optical service visits in the communities of Nunavut.
On-Site Lab Services for Quality Control and Efficiency
Polar Vision and Baffin Optical provide a licensed optician who works on-site in our own optical labs. Both stores offer efficient, personalized service for adults and children. Polar Vision Centres Ltd. can also help you with contact lenses, precise grinding of prescription lenses and expert adjustments.
See Your Optician at Polar Vision in Yellowknife
Walk into Polar Vision for current styles and advanced technology in eyewear. Our licensed opticians can fit your frames in our shop and make your prescription glasses on-site. Walk in Monday through Friday or call for an appointment and enjoy Polar Vision’s fast, reliable services that include:
- Optical lab on premises
- Frames for adults and children
- Prescription eyeglasses made on-site
- In-store inventory of contact lenses
- CSA-approved protective eyewear
- Large selection of sunglasses
- Eyeglass repairs and accessories
- Sports eyewear
- Co-op member discounts
Eyewear for Every Occasion at Baffin Optical in Iqaluit
Baffin Optical is the Polar Vision Centres Ltd. dispensary in Iqaluit, providing an on-site optical lab and optician services to clients in the Baffin Region of Nunavut. You don’t have to travel to Yellowknife for services when you can visit Baffin Optical for every eyewear need you have, including:
- Optical lab on premises
- Frames for adults and children
- Prescription eyeglasses made on-site
- In-store inventory of contact lenses
- CSA-approved protective eyewear
- Large selection of sunglasses
- Eyeglass repairs and accessories
- Sports eyewear
- Student, senior and co-op member discounts
Travel Schedule for Polar Vision
October 2019 - March 2020
August
- Kugluktuk - August 12 to August 19
- Cambridge Bay – August 25 to August 30
- Kugaaruk – August 21 to August 25
- Chesterfield – August 22 to August 23
- Rankin inlet – August 24 to August 28
September
- Arviat – September 26 to September 30
- Sanikiluaq – September 12 to September 15
October
- Baker Lake –October 17 to October 20
- Rankin Inlet – October 21 to October 25
November
- Coral Harbour – November 2 to November 8
- Naujaat – November 2 to November 6
- Gjoa Haven – November 18 to November 25
December
- Kugluktuk – December 12 to December 17
- Cambridge Bay – December 9 to December 17
- Taloyoak – December 2 to December 10
January
- Arviat – January 21 to January 25
- Rankin Inlet – January 26 to January 30
February
- Baker Lake – February 4 to February 9
- Whale Cove – February 10 to February 12
- Gjoa Haven – February 17 to February 21
- Kugaaruk – February 22 to February 25
March
- Arviat – March 7 to March 11
- Chesterfield – March 3 to March 5
- Sanikiluaq – March 12 to March 15
Travel Schedule for Baffin Optical
October 2019 - March 2020
August
- Cape Dorset – August 20 to August 24
- Iqaluit – August 25 to August 28
September
- Arctic Bay – September 25 to September 26
- Clyde River – September 17 to September 20
- Grise Fiord – September 17 to September 20
- Iqaluit – September 28 to September 30
- Pond Inlet – September 21 to September 25
- Resolute Bay – September 20 to September 22
October
- Hall Beach – October 22 to October 24
- Igloolik – October 17 to October 21
- Pangnirtung – October 1 to October 5
- Qikiqtarjuak - October 6 to October 8
November
- Iqaluit – November 29 to December 2
- Kimmirut – November 26 to November 28
January
- Arctic Bay – January 8 to January 9
- Cape Dorset - January 7 to January 12
- Iqaluit - January 10 to January 15
February
- Clyde River – February 10 to February 13
- Iqaluit – February 16 to February 19
- Igloolik – February 11 to February 15
- Pond Inlet – February 6 to February 9
March
- Iqaluit – March 9 to March 9
- Iqaluit – March 27 to March 30
- Pangnirtung - March 10 to March 16
- Qikiqtarjuak - March 3 to March 6
- Resolute Bay - March 25 to March 26
Travel Schedule for Baffin Region
April 2020 - September 2020
April
- Arctic Bay – April 22 to April 24
- Iqaluit - April 25 to April 29
May
- Hall Beach – May 21 to May 23
- Igloolik - May 24 to May 29
June
- Cape Dorset – June 2 to June 7
- Iqaluit - June 8 to June 10
- Kimmirut - June 9 to June 11
- Pangnirtung - June 12 to June 17
July
- Pond Inlet – July 15 – July 19
August
- Cape Dorset – August 20 to August 24
- Iqaluit - August 26 to August 28
September
- Arctic Bay – September 23 to September 24
- Clyde River – September 17 to September 20
- Grise Fiord - September 15 to September 18
- Iqaluit - September 25 to September 28
- Pond Inlet – September 21 to September 25
- Resolute Bay – September 19 to September 20
Travel Schedule for Kitikmeot Region
March 2020 - September 2020
April
- Kugluktuk – April 05 to April 08
- Cambridge Bay - March 31 to April 05
May
- Gjoa Haven – May 24 – May 28
- Taloyoak - May 20 – May 24
August
- Kugluktuk – August 05 to August 12
- Cambridge Bay - August 10 to August 14
- Kugaaruk- August 05 to August 09
Travel Schedule for Kivalliq Region
March 2020 - September 2020
April
- Baker Lake – March 30 – April 03
- Rankin Inlet - April 04 – April 08
May
- Coral Harbour – May 05 – May 09
- Naujaat – May 09 – May 13
June
- Arviat – June 11 – June 13
- Rankin Inlet - June 14 – June 17
July
- Baker Lake – July 07 – July 10
- Whale Cove – July 10 – July 12
August
- Chesterfield – August 24 – August 26
- Rankin Inlet - August 27 – August 31
September
- Arviat – September 24 – September 28
- Sanikiluaq – September 10 – September 13
Two Convenient Locations to Serve You
Come to Polar Vision Centres Ltd. to see why we are the North’s top choice for vision care.
Progressive (Multi-focal)
A multi-purpose lens is used for near, intermediate and distance vision correction. It is esthetically designed without a visible line in the lens. The goal is to use all 3 zones. This lens offers vision for all viewing distances and is invisible so that only you know you are wearing multi focal lenses.
The most precise vision is at the central point of the lens, looking straight ahead with your chin at a natural height. If you turn your eyes right or left and notice any distortion, just point your nose directly at what you are looking at. This will mean moving your head, not just your eyes. When viewing something closer like the dashboard of your car, keep your chin up and lower your eyes until the dashboard comes into focus. When looking at a near object, you will either lower your eyes even more or raise your chin until the near object or reading material comes into clear focus.
Unlike single vision lenses, it is necessary to go through an adaption period of a minimum of 2 days or up to two weeks in order to learn how to find the different zones on the lens. Once you get accustomed to pointing your nose at the object you wish to see and lowering or raising your eyes instead of your chin, you will find the method becomes natural.
Bi-focal
This lens offers nearsighted and farsighted vision correction in a single lens. The upper part of the lens is for seeing from a distance and the bottom part to see things from close. To view close objects, lift your chin or lower your eyes to the lower portion of the frame.
