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
April – September 2019
February
- Whale Cove – February 7 to February 9
- Baker Lake – February 10 to February 15
- Gjoa Haven – February 14 to February 18
- Kugaaruk – February 18 to February 22
March
- Chesterfield – March 7 to March 10
- Arviat – March 10 to March 13
- Sanikiluaq – March 22 to March 25
April
- Kugluktuk – April 1 to April 4
- Cambridge Bay – April 4 to April 9
- Baker Lake – April 9 to April 12
- Rankin Inlet – April 13 to April 17
May
- Coral Harbour – May 7 to May 10
- Naujaat – May 11 to May 15
- Gjoa Haven – May 1 to May 5
- Taloyoak – May 5 to May 9
June
- Arviat –June 11-13
- Rankin Inlet – June 14 to June 17
July
- Baker Lake – July 11 to July 14
- Whale Cove – July 15 to July 17
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
Travel Schedule for Baffin Optical
April – September 2019
February
- Pond Inlet – February 8 to February 11
- Clyde River – February 12 to February 15
- Igloolik – February 15 to February 19
- Iqaluit – February 20 to February 23
- Qikiqtarjuak – February 27 to March 2
March
- Iqaluit – March 3 to March 4
- Pangnirtung – March 5 to March 11
- Resolute Bay – March 16 to March 18
April
- Arctic Bay - April 2 to April 5
- Iqaluit – April 6 to April 10
May
- Hall Beach – April 30 – May2
- Igloolik – May 3 to May 8
June
- Cape Dorset – June 11 to June 16
- Iqaluit – June 17 to June 19
- Kimmirut – June 11 to June 13
- Pangnirtung – June 14 to June 17
July
- Pond Inlet – July 10 to July 15
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
Stanton Territorial Hospital Eye Clinic
Eye TeamVisits: Oct 2018 – Mar 2019
Kitikmeot Region
November
- Gjoa Haven – November 19 to November 26
December
- Kugluktuk – December 7 to December 12
- Cambridge Bay – December 3 to December 10
- Taloyoak – December 4 to December 12
February
- Gjoa Haven – February 4 to February 8
- Kugaaruk – February 8 to February 12
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority
Stanton Territorial Hospital Eye Clinic
Eye Team Visits: Oct 2018 – Mar 2019
Kivalliq Region
October
- Baker Lake – October 11 to October 14
- Rankin Inlet – October 15 to October 19
November
- Coral Harbor – November 1 to November 7
- Naujaat – November 15 to November 19
January
- Arviat – January 8 to January 12
- Rankin Inlet – January 13 to January 16
February
- Baker Lake – February 5 to February 10
- Whale Cove – February 11 to February 13
March
- Arviat – March 7 to March 10
- Chesterfield – March 11 to March 13
- Sanikiluaq – February 28 to March 3
Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority
Stanton Territorial Hospital Eye Clinic
Eye Team Visits: Oct 2018 – Mar 2019
Baffin Region
October
- Hall Beach – September 25 to October 27
- Igloolik – September 28 to October 2
- Pangnirtung – October 16 to October 20
- Qikiqtarjuak – October 21 to October 23
November
- Iqaluit – November 23 to November 26
- Kimmirut – November 20 to November 22
January
- Artic Bay – January 9 to January 10
- Cape Dorset – January 22 to January 27
- Iqaluit – January 12 to January 16
February
- Clyde River – February 11 to February 14
- Iqaluit – February 12 to February 15
- Igloolik – February 7 to February 11
- Pond Inlet – February 7 to February 10
March
- Iqaluit – March 22 to March 25
- Pangnirtung – March 12 to March 17
- Qikiqtarjuak – March 5 to March 8
- Resolute Bay – March 19 to March 21
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.
