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	Canadian Arctic
		See also: Canadian arctic islands, Territories of Canada
		The Canadian Arctic is a vast region of northern Canada.
		Technically the term covers that portion of Canada north of the Arctic Circle; a more practical definition is that portion north of the tree line, a definition that includes the country's geographical centre.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Canadian_Arctic (614 words)

	Canadian Arctic islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The group of islands is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea, on the north by the Arctic Sea, on the east by Greenland, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, and on the south by Hudson Bay and the mainland of Canada.
		In addition, Canada claims the water between the Arctic Islands as internal waters, a claim that is not recognized by the United States, and which has caused some conflict with respect to the enforcement of environmental laws.
		The Arctic islands of Canada make up most of the territory of Nunavut and part of the Northwest Territories.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arctic_Islands_(Canada) (266 words)

	Institute for Advanced Field Education
		In 1997, the estimated "population of the Peary caribou in Canada's western Arctic islands" was about 1,000, NOT 75.
		At 08:08 PM 1998-10-20 +0300, GREEKADS.COM wrote: (Reuters) - A rare caribou is dying off in Canada's remote arctic islands, probably due to climate change, environmental group Greenpeace International said on Tuesday.
		There has been no evidence of a recent decline of Peary caribou on Canada's eastern Arctic islands.
	www.muskox.com /news/news6.html (702 words)

	Canadian Arctic - Arctic Countries - All Things Arctic
		At the westernmost boundary of Canada's mainland Arctic is the Yukon Plateau, consisting of rolling uplands with valleys and isolated mountains.
		Canada's northernmost area is the world's largest archipelago, with 20 large and many smaller islands, some of which are covered by extensive glaciers.
		Containing almost 1 million square miles of land -- one fifth of Canada's land base -- it is a land of rock, snow, ice, and sea.
	www.allthingsarctic.com /countries/canada.aspx (629 words)

	canadian islands
		Many of the Arctic islands transferred to Canada from Britain in 1881 had...
		Millionaires are causing waves in Canada by buying up islands and turning them into their...
		outline of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, northern Canada · Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere islands...
	www.carribean-bahamas-2005-2006.com /38/canadian-islands.html (288 words)

	MSN Encarta - Arctic
		The largest Arctic land areas are in Canada, Russia, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), Scandinavia, Iceland, Alaska, and Svalbard and other islands.
		Mountain ranges are in the eastern Arctic region of Canada (notably on Baffin Island), in Yukon Territory, in northern Alaska, in coastal Greenland, in Iceland, and in northeastern Siberia.
		The principal geological elements of the Arctic include parts of three ancient landmasses, composed predominantly of granite and gneiss, which are called shields—the Baltic-Scandinavian-Russian Shield, the Angara Shield or Siberian Platform (in north central Siberia), and the Canadian Shield (including all the Canadian Arctic except for the Queen Elizabeth Islands).
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761577860 (654 words)

	Jack's Arctic Page
		A territory of northern Canada including the Arctic Archipelago, islands in the northern Hudson Bay, and the mainland north of latitude 60° north and consists of 33% of all the land area in Canada.
		Summers in the Arctic Islands and along the continental coast are relatively cool (July average, 4.4› C/40› F) in contrast to the warm temperatures of the Mackenzie Valley and much of the mainland (July average, 15.6› C/60› F).
		Settlements on the Arctic coast and in the Arctic Islands receive most supplies in a summer supply visit by ships from the south, which are often escorted by icebreakers.
	www.croatianmall.com /lupic/arctic (2541 words)

	Arctic Theme Page
		Discover how each of the northern Arctic islands received their names.
		The site also reports on the unique challenges of conducting the research in Canada's High Arctic regions.
		Their goals are to protect, conserve and restore the Arctic environment, conserve Arctic flora and fauna, and address the special role of the indigenous people of the Arctic in pursuit of these goals.
	www.cln.org /themes/arctic.html (756 words)

	Canadian Arctic islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The group of islands is bounded on the west by the Beaufort Sea, on the north by the Arctic Sea, on the east by Greenland, Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, and on the south by Hudson Bay and the mainland of Canada.
		In addition, Canada claims the water between the Arctic Islands as internal waters, a claim that is not recognized by the United States, and which has caused some conflict with respect to the enforcement of environmental laws.
		The climate of the islands is arctic, and the terrain consists of tundra except in mountainous areas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arctic_Islands_(Canada) (311 words)

	MSN Encarta - Arctic
		The largest Arctic land areas are in Canada, Russia, Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat), Scandinavia, Iceland, Alaska, and Svalbard and other islands.
		Mountain ranges are in the eastern Arctic region of Canada (notably on Baffin Island), in Yukon Territory, in northern Alaska, in coastal Greenland, in Iceland, and in northeastern Siberia.
		The principal geological elements of the Arctic include parts of three ancient landmasses, composed predominantly of granite and gneiss, which are called shields—the Baltic-Scandinavian-Russian Shield, the Angara Shield or Siberian Platform (in north central Siberia), and the Canadian Shield (including all the Canadian Arctic except for the Queen Elizabeth Islands).
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761577860 (709 words)

	The Canadian Arctic, 1880 - Exploration - Canada at Scale: Maps of our History - Exhibitions - Library and Archives Canada
		Great Britain transferred ownership of the Arctic islands to Canada in 1880.
		The Arctic islands, 1880-1990 = L’archipel Arctique, 1880-1980.
		The Canadian Arctic, 1880 - Exploration - Canada at Scale: Maps of our History - Exhibitions - Library and Archives Canada
	www.collectionscanada.ca /maps/3_0_exp/05140344_e.html (79 words)

	IPY: International Polar Year
		Canadian researchers operating throughout the Arctic Archipelago have demonstrated substantial leadership concerning the investigation of high latitude environmental change and this proposal emphasizes the opportunity for Canada to organize a compelling international program seeded by its own scientist accomplishments.
		The Canadian radiocarbon database housing analyzed driftwood, whalebone and marine shells is available in CARDBOX (Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa) and for Arctic samples a parallel data base using the same software is available at the University of Alberta.
		I would also like to include the ground-based support by the Arctic Rangers across the Canadian Arctic islands where their knowledge of sea ice travel would be indispensable.
	www.ipy.org /development/eoi/details.php?id=127 (2272 words)

	New Scientist Premium- Review: The missing Arctic - Review
		Canada's Missing Dimension: Science and History in Canadian Arctic Islands Volumes 1 and 2 edited by C R Harington, Canadian Museum of Nature, pp 855, Canadian $25 plus $10 postage.
		Perhaps that is why so few Canadian politicians, including the ones who pay for science, see the Arctic as much more than a source of minerals, oil, sovereignty problems, and revenue from military bases.
		A group of mostly Canadian geologists, biologists and anthropologists met in 1987 to compare studies of the vast Arctic archipelago.
	www.newscientist.com /article/mg12817424.800.html (256 words)

	Geography of Canada
		The Continental Divide, in the Rockies, separates the Pacific watershed, in British Columbia and Yukon, from the Arctic and Hudson Bay watersheds.
		Canada occupies most of the upper half of the continent of North America, spanning a vast expanse of territory between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans and between the United States to the south and northwest, and the Arctic Ocean and Beaufort Sea to the north; Greenland lies to the northeast.
		Canada holds vast reserves of water: 7% of the world's fresh water, a quarter of humid lands and the third largest amount of glaciers (after Antarctica and Greenland).
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/G/Geography-of-Canada.htm (2459 words)

	The Canadian Arctic Islands, an introduction
		The islands are located East of Northern Greenland, at the fringes of the Arctic Ocean, and mark the northern boundary of Canada.
		Canadian Airlines has two-weekly flights from Montreal or Edmonton to Resolute Bay on Cornwallis Island, the main government base [1] for supporting scientists in a region within a radius of almost 1000 km, spanning the entire Queen Elizabeth Islands.
		Axel Heiberg Island at 79-81 degrees latitude has the same size as Switzerland or Holland, rough 300 by 150 km, a population of zero people and a small reseach station, a single simple cabin, near the 10 km wide Thompson Glacier [1] and was built in the 60's by glaciologists of McGill University of Montreal.
	www.geocities.com /outhuisjan/a_intro.htm (2615 words)

	Arctic Hare - information (Canadian animals)
		The arctic hare lives throughout the tundra of Canada from Newfoundland to the Northwest Territories.
		It is also found on Arctic islands and in Greenland.
		Arctic hare are the food for Snowy Owls, other birds of prey, wolves, foxes, weasels and polar bears.
	www.saskschools.ca /~gregory/arctic/Ahare.html (600 words)

	Information about Canada FDC: 17¢ Arctic Islands
		In 1880, when Canadians acquired British claims to the Arctic Islands, it was the crowning achievement in their program of national growth.
		Now sometimes known as the Canadian Archipelago, the Arctic Islands were originally claimed by British sailors in the sixteenth century.
		The remaining Arctic months were freezing cold and, although precipitation was light, the winds were incredibly strong.
	www.unicover.com /EA4NBVNQ.htm (410 words)

	THE ARCTIC - the land, the people, the wildlife , the communities
		In the northern part of the Arctic there are mountains, glaciers (mountains of ice), plains and islands.
		The steep cliffs of the arctic islands are home for murres, and other sea birds.
		In Canada's north, parts of the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut are in the Arctic.(see map)
	www.saskschools.ca /~gregory/arctic/Aintro.html (596 words)

	Arctic Hare
		The Arctic hare inhabits the tundra regions of Canada from Newfoundland west to the Mackenzie River Delta and north to the tip of Ellesmere Island.
		On the High Arctic islands where hares retain their white coats year-round, they sometimes band together into groups of hundreds of individuals.
		In the extreme cold of the Arctic winter, hares dig dens in hardened drifts, and, while resting, they sit on their well-furred hind feet hunched into a heat-conserving ball.
	www.nature.ca /notebooks/english/archare.htm (163 words)

	Canadian Arctic Islands -- scenery and geology
		This document is a sampling of scenery, wildlife, flora, and geology I have photographed mainly on Ellesmere, Axel Heiberg, and Amund Ringnes islands in the Canadian Arctic during geological fieldwork in 1987, 1990, and 1993.
		The Candian Arctic is a stunningly beautiful place, but unfortunately it is one of the least accessible parts of Canada.
		Unless otherwise noted, images are copyright (c) 1996 Andrew MacRae, email: macrae@geo.ucalgary.ca, and are freely distributable for non-commercial use provided the original source and copyright is indicated.
	www.geo.ucalgary.ca /~macrae/arctic/arctic.html (541 words)

	The Arctic: the ocean, sea ice, icebergs, and climate
		The Arctic Basin receives a large amount of fresh water from the large rivers on the surrounding continents (mainly the MacKenzie in Canada and the Ob, the Yenisey and the Lena in Siberia), and during the short summer these freshwater sources spread out over large areas.
		Much of the Arctic seasonal variation in ice cover can be found in the Bering Sea (mainly adjacent to the continents, and south to the Aleutian Islands), and in the Sea of Okhotsk, as far south as 42ºN, near Hokkaido, Japan.
		There is some evidence that the Arctic sea-ice cover has decreased about 6% during the last two decades, and that the mean ice thickness has decreased as well.
	www-das.uwyo.edu /~geerts/cwx/notes/chap17/arctic.html (1595 words)

	Arctic Islands of Nunavut 2003 Call for Bids - Terms and Conditions - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
		Arctic Islands of Nunavut 2003 Call for Bids - Terms and Conditions - Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
		The term for exploration licences issued from the 2003 Arctic Islands of Nunavut Call for Bids will be nine (9) years consisting of two consecutive periods of six (6) years and three (3) years each.
		“2003 Arctic Islands of Nunavut Call for Bids".
	www.ainc-inac.gc.ca /oil/act/Cal/nvt2004/nom/termA_e.html (1155 words)

	The Arctic Islands Northwest Territories Canada, Canadian Arctic Islands Birding Tours
		The Arctic Islands Northwest Territories Canada, Canadian Arctic Islands Birding Tours
		The Arctic Islands in the Northwest Territories are:
		Many of the residents of Read Island moved to the community of Holman including Billy Joss who is honoured each year with an annual golf tournament at the
	www.arcticcharinn.com /arctic-islands.htm (182 words)

	Joseph-Elzear Bernier, Arctic Mariner - ExploreNorth
		On July 1, 1909, having for 5 years made the regular presence required by most international definitions of sovereignty, Bernier unveiled a plaque on Melville Island which officially claimed the Arctic Islands for Canada.
		Although his body was away from the sea, his mind was not, and he began to pursue a life-long interest in the Arctic, particularly in the many challenges of polar navigation.
		Following the war, he returned to his Arctic trading, finally retiring in 1925, at the age of 73.
	www.explorenorth.com /library/weekly/aa102000a.htm (657 words)

	CBC News: Denmark sending flag to disputed Arctic island
		But they were unable to agree which country would have sovereignty over Hans Island, which lies about 1,100 kilometres south of the North Pole, and various other Arctic islands in the area.
		Danish officials in a warship are on their way to plant a flag on an Arctic island near Greenland, in the latest move of a territorial dispute between Copenhagen and Ottawa.
		Danish authorities said the crew will plant another Danish flag on the 1.3-square-kilometre Hans Island, which lies off the northwest coast of Greenland and has been claimed by both Canada and Denmark.
	www.cbc.ca /story/world/national/2005/08/04/hans-island-050804.html (359 words)

	Natural Selection: subject gateway to the natural world
		Arctic regions Discovery and exploration; Arctic regions; Northwest Passage; Canada, Northern;
		The Arctic Museum has sections on 'art, photography and anthropology', and there is an active Arctic forum.
		The Circumpolar Arctic Geobotanical Atlas is a collection of maps organised in a four dimensional framework: horizontal, vertical, depth and time.
	nature.ac.uk /browse/578.0998.html (795 words)

	Report of the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the D.G.S. 'Arctic'. - BERNIER, J E,
		Report of the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the D.G.S. 'Arctic'.
		BERNIER, J E, Report of the Dominion of Canada Government Expedition to the Arctic Islands and Hudson Strait on Board the D.G.S. 'Arctic'.
		A clean ex-library copy with white library lettering on spine, rear hinge repaired with book tape, front hinge cracked..
	antiqbook.com /boox/wii/16444.shtml (123 words)

	Explorer sets sights and sails on the Arctic The San Diego Union-Tribune
		One leg of his journey will include the Northwest Passage through the Arctic islands of Canada.
		A century later, Swan expects to sail the same route in only three months, a period he says would not be possible but for the effect of global warming and the melting of Arctic ice.
		Swan's 883-mile trek with a group to the South Pole in 1986 was inspired by explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1911-12 Antarctic quest.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050804/news_7m4bell.html (724 words)

	13 Years in Canada's Arctic Islands - Pictures and stories
		13 Years in Canada's Arctic Islands - Pictures and stories
		This site has photographs taken during my 13 years in the Canadian Arctic Islands with Panarctic Oils Ltd.
		In July 1976 Panarctic Oils Ltd. organized a trip for wives of employees to visit the work sites in the arctic.
	www3.telus.net /public/truber/Arctic (208 words)

	Inuvik Phase of the Arctic Small Tool tradition-Overview
		Instead, they appear to represent the descendants of the first migrants into the Canadian Arctic islands.
		This analysis was originally published in "Threads of Arctic Prehistory", Archaeological Survey of Canada Mercury Series Paper No.149, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull.
		n later years additional Arctic Small Tool tradition sites were found in the southwest Anderson Plain and distinctive patterns began to emerge which suggest that the ASTt people who lived in the region followed a way of life which differed from related groups in the Barrenlands.
	www.canadianarchaeology.com /cmcc/astt.htm (205 words)

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