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5 dni temu · Nunavut, vast territory of northern Canada that stretches across most of the Canadian Arctic. Created in 1999 out of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut encompasses the traditional lands of the Inuit, the indigenous peoples of Arctic Canada. Its capital is Iqaluit.
- History
Nunavut - Inuit, Arctic, Canada: This portion of the article...
- Settlement Patterns
Nunavut is among the most sparsely populated habitable...
- Innuitian Mountains
Innuitian Mountains, mountain range in Nunavut, Canada. It...
- Iqaluit
Iqaluit, city, capital of Nunavut territory and headquarters...
- Nunavut
Nunavut borders on the Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, and Baffin...
- Frobisher Bay
Frobisher Bay, inlet of the North Atlantic Ocean extending...
- Davis Strait
Inuit fishermen had long plied the shallow waters of the...
- Baffin Bay
Baffin Bay, arm of the North Atlantic Ocean with an area of...
- History
4 dni temu · Nunavut has long land borders with the Northwest Territories on the mainland and a few Arctic islands, and with Manitoba to the south of the Nunavut mainland; it also meets Saskatchewan to the southwest at a quadripoint, and has a short land border with Newfoundland and Labrador on Killiniq Island.
5 dni temu · Nunavut is among the most sparsely populated habitable regions on Earth. Settlements are very small and are clustered largely in the coastal areas. Iqaluit, the administrative, commercial, and cultural centre of the territory, is the largest town.
4 godz. temu · The event, which is in its 20th year, runs until Tuesday, coinciding with Nunavut Day. It will bring together around 50 artists, including Twin Flames, Nunavut singer-songwriter Aasiva and ...
5 dni temu · The featuring of her art on the Canadian ten dollar bill and various Canadian postage stamps is a direct acknowledgment and celebration of the political establishment of Nunavut. As one of the most central Inuit artists, Kenojuak Ashevak significantly and positively influenced Inuit art and how art was perceived within that community.
2 dni temu · Through its Broadband Fund, the CRTC is committing $271.9 million to the Government of Nunavut to build a 1300-kilometre fibre link, which will connect the communities of Iqaluit, Kinngait, Coral Harbour, and Kimmirut to high-speed Internet services. Nunavut is only accessible by air or sea, and there are no roads connecting its 25 communities.
3 dni temu · North-central and northeastern Siberian groups. East of the Yenisey, the dominant and most numerous ethnic group is that of the Sakha. They are distributed over a large area centred on the Lena River, roughly corresponding to Sakha republic (Yakutia), founded in 1922.
