Nunavut
Nunavut (, ; , , ; , , ) is the largest, easternmost, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the ''Nunavut Act'' and the ''Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act'', which provided this territory to the Inuit for self-government. The boundaries had been drawn in 1993. The creation of Nunavut resulted in the first major change to Canada's political map in half a century since the province of Newfoundland (now Newfoundland and Labrador) was admitted in 1949.Nunavut comprises a major portion of Northern Canada and most of the Arctic Archipelago. Its vast territory makes it the fifth-largest country subdivision in the world, as well as North America's second-largest (after Greenland). The capital Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), on Baffin Island in the east, was chosen by a capital plebiscite in 1995. Other major communities include the regional centres of Rankin Inlet and Cambridge Bay.
Nunavut includes Ellesmere Island in the far north, the eastern and southern portions of Victoria Island in the west, and all islands in Hudson, James and Ungava bays, including the western portion of Killiniq Island in the southeast and Akimiski Island far to the south of the rest of the territory. It is Canada's only geopolitical region that is not connected to the rest of North America via the Pan-American Highway.
Nunavut is the least densely populated major country sub-division in the world (not considering Antarctica), being even less densely populated than Denmark's Greenland. With a population of 36,858 as of the 2021 Canadian census (up from 35,944 in 2016) consisting mostly of Inuit, and a land mass almost as large as Mexico, Nunavut's land area of has a population density of .
Nunavut is also home to the world's northernmost continuously inhabited place, Alert. Eureka, a weather station on Ellesmere Island, has the lowest average annual temperature of any Canadian weather station. Provided by Wikipedia
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41Contributors: “...Department of Environment Government of Nunavut...”
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42by Hahn, K.E., Turner, E.C., Kontak, D.J., Fayek, M.Contributors: “...Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office, Polar Continental Shelf Project...”
Published in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (2018)
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43Using species traits to assess human impacts on near shore benthic ecosystems in the Canadian ArcticContributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
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46by L'Hérault, Vincent, Franke, Alastair, Lecomte, Nicolas, Alogut, Adam, Bêty, JoëlContributors: “...Government of Nunavut Wildlife research...”
Published in Ecology and Evolution (2013)
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47by Daley, Kiley, Jamieson, Rob, Rainham, Daniel, Truelstrup Hansen, LisbethContributors: “...Government of Nunavut - Community and Government Services...”
Published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2017)
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48Contributors: “...Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office...”
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49by Rana, Zoha, Leach, Meagan, Healey Akearok, Gwen K., Ukpatiku, Jaylene, Umenwofor-Nweze, NmesomaContributors: “...Nunavut Tunngavik Inc...”
Published in International Journal of Circumpolar Health (2024)
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50by Hussey, Nigel E., Orr, Jack, Fisk, Aaron T., Hedges, Kevin J., Ferguson, Steven H., Barkley, Amanda N.Contributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
Published in Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers (2018)
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51by Campbell, SandyContributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
Published 2017
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53by Foster, Karen L., Stern, Gary A., Carrie, Jesse, Bailey, Joscelyn N.-L., Outridge, Peter M., Sanei, Hamed, Macdonald, Robie W.Contributors: “...Nunavut General Monitoring Plan...”
Published in Science of The Total Environment (2015)
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54by Frasier, Timothy R., Petersen, Stephen D., Postma, Lianne, Johnson, Lucy, Heide-Jørgensen, Mads Peter, Ferguson, Steven H.Contributors: “...Nunavut Implementation Fund...”
Published in Global Ecology and Conservation (2020)
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55by Oldenborger, Greg A., Short, Naomi, LeBlanc, Anne-MarieContributors: “...Canada-Nunavut Geoscience Office...”
Published in Journal of Applied Geophysics (2020)
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56by Bridson-Pateman, Evan, Jamieson, Rob, Lake, CraigContributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
Published in Geotextiles and Geomembranes (2016)
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57by Matthews, Cory J. D., Ghazal, Maha, Lefort, Kyle J., Inuarak, EnookieContributors: “...Nunavut Wildlife Research Trust...”
Published in Marine Mammal Science (2020)
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58by Mallory, Mark L., Robertson, Gregory J., Keegan, Shane, Pollet, Ingrid L., Harris, Les N., Jivan, Tyler, Provencher, Jennifer F.Contributors: “...Nunavut General Monitoring Plan...”
Published in North American Journal of Fisheries Management (2022)
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59by Boulent, Justine, Charry, Bertrand, Kennedy, Malcolm McHugh, Tissier, Emily, Fan, Raina, Marcoux, Marianne, Watt, Cortney A., Gagné-Turcotte, AntoineContributors: “...Nunavut Wildlife Management Board...”
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (2023)
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60by Campbell, Robyn, Hauptmann, Aviaja, Campbell, Kristina, Fox, Shari, Marco, Maria L.Contributors: “...The Quality of Life Secretariat, Government of Nunavut; The Carlsberg Foundation...”
Published in Microbiome Research Reports (2022)
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