Nunavut
Nunavut (, ; , , ; , , ) is the largest 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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161by Wong, P. B. Y., de Groot, P. Van Coeverden, Fekken, C., Smith, H., Pages, Marie, Boag, P. T.Contributors: “...Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada; Nunavut Wildlife Management Board...”
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162by Yergeau, Etienne, Michel, Christine, Tremblay, Julien, Niemi, Andrea, King, Thomas L, Wyglinski, Joanne, Lee, Kenneth, Greer, Charles WContributors: “...Financial support provided by the Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP-NRCan) in Resolute, Nunavut...”
Published in Scientific Reports (2017)
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163by Yergeau, Etienne, Michel, Christine, Tremblay, Julien, Niemi, Andrea, King, Thomas L, Wyglinski, Joanne, Lee, Kenneth, Greer, Charles WContributors: “...Financial support provided by the Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP-NRCan) in Resolute, Nunavut...”
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164by Yergeau, Etienne, Michel, Christine, Tremblay, Julien, Niemi, Andrea, King, Thomas L, Wyglinski, Joanne, Lee, Kenneth, Greer, Charles WContributors: “...Financial support provided by the Polar Continental Shelf Program (PCSP-NRCan) in Resolute, Nunavut...”
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165by Tavera, Eveling A., Lank, David B., Douglas, David C., Sandercock, Brett K., Lanctot, Richard B., Schmidt, Niels M., Reneerkens, Jeroen, Ward, David H., Bêty, Joël, Kwon, Eunbi, Lecomte, Nicolas, Gratto‐Trevor, Cheri, Smith, Paul A., English, Willow B., Saalfeld, Sarah T., Brown, Stephen C., Gates, H. River, Nol, Erica, Liebezeit, Joseph R., McGuire, Rebecca L., McKinnon, Laura, Kendall, Steve, Robards, Martin, Boldenow, Megan, Payer, David C., Rausch, Jennie, Solovyeva, Diana V., Stalwick, Jordyn A., Gurney, Kirsty E. B.Contributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
Published in Global Change Biology (2024)
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166by Chagnon‐Lafortune, Aurélie, Duchesne, Éliane, Legagneux, Pierre, McKinnon, Laura, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Casajus, Nicolas, Abraham, Kenneth F., Bolduc, Élise, Brown, Glen S., Brown, Stephen C., Gates, H. River, Gilg, Olivier, Giroux, Marie‐Andrée, Gurney, Kirsty, Kendall, Steve, Kwon, Eunbi, Lanctot, Richard B., Lank, David B., Lecomte, Nicolas, Leung, Maria, Liebezeit, Joseph R., Morrison, R. I. Guy, Nol, Erica, Payer, David C., Reid, Donald, Ruthrauff, Daniel, Saalfeld, Sarah T., Sandercock, Brett K., Smith, Paul A., Schmidt, Niels Martin, Tulp, Ingrid, Ward, David H., Høye, Toke T., Berteaux, Dominique, Bêty, JoëlContributors: “...Government of Nunavut...”
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168by Weiser, Emily L., Lanctot, Richard B., Brown, Stephen C., Alves, José A., Battley, Phil F., Bentzen, Rebecca, Bêty, Joël, Bishop, Mary Anne, Boldenow, Megan, Bollache, Loïc, Casler, Bruce, Christie, Maureen, Coleman, Jonathan T., Conklin, Jesse R., English, Willow B., Gates, H. River, Gilg, Olivier, Giroux, Marie-Andrée, Gosbell, Ken, Hassell, Chris, Helmericks, Jim, Johnson, Andrew, Katrínardóttir, Borgný, Koivula, Kari, Kwon, Eunbi, Lamarre, Jean-Francois, Lang, Johannes, Lank, David B., Lecomte, Nicolas, Liebezeit, Joe, Loverti, Vanessa, McKinnon, Laura, Minton, Clive, Mizrahi, David, Nol, Erica, Pakanen, Veli-Matti, Perz, Johanna, Porter, Ron, Rausch, Jennie, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Rönkä, Nelli, Saalfeld, Sarah, Senner, Nathan, Sittler, Benoît, Smith, Paul A., Sowl, Kristine, Taylor, Audrey, Ward, David H., Yezerinac, Stephen, Sandercock, Brett K.Contributors: “...Government of Nunavut – Department of Environment...”
Published in Movement Ecology (2016)
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