Nunavut

Picture a treeless, ice-encrusted wilderness lashed by unrelenting weather with a population density that makes Greenland seem claustrophobic. Add polar bears, narwhals, beluga whales and a scattered Inuit population who have successfully mastered a landscape so harsh that foreigners could not colonize it.

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  • A hanging glacier in Tanquary Fiord, Quittinirpaaq National Park, Ellesmere Island Nunavut. 856800746

    Quttinirpaaq National Park

    Nunavut

    The northernmost and most mountainous of Nunavut's national parks, 37,775-sq-km Quttinirpaaq is Canada's second-largest, way up on Ellesmere Island. Now…

  • Auyuittuq National Park

    Auyuittuq National Park

    Nunavut

    Among the globe's most flabbergasting places, Auyuittuq (ah-you-ee-tuk) means 'the land that never melts.' Appropriately, there are plenty of glaciers in…

  • Katannilik Territorial Park

    Katannilik Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    Near Iqaluit and one of Nunavut's finest parks, Katannilik means 'Place of Waterfalls' and comprises two main features. A Canadian Heritage waterway,…

  • Kenojuak Cultural Centre & Print Shop

    Kenojuak Cultural Centre & Print Shop

    Nunavut

    Though many Inuit communities now generate world-class artworks, Cape Dorset's remain the most revered. The new Kenojuak Cultural Centre, named after…

  • Angmarlik Visitor Centre

    Angmarlik Visitor Centre

    Nunavut

    This enthusiastically run place near the waterfront features a replica Inuit tent made of whalebone and animal skins, sealskin canoes and interesting…

  • Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts

    Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts & Crafts

    Nunavut

    Pang is famous for its lithographs, prints and tapestries, and this extraordinary place brings it all together. There are few tapestry studios in the…

  • Ovayok Territorial Park

    Ovayok Territorial Park

    Nunavut

    Ovayok Territorial Park, accessible via a rough road or 15km hike, is a prime place to see musk ox and offers good views from Mt Pelly (200m). It has some…

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Celebrating spring in the Canadian Arctic at Nunavut’s Toonik Tyme Festival

Feb 11, 2020 • 5 min read

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