Housing in northern Canada: some recent developments

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: Dickens, H. B., Platts, R. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1960
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Canada; Lanes; eskimo*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400051123; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400051123

The northern part of Canada is probably the most isolated, sparsely populated, and inaccessible land mass in the northern hemisphere. The Yukon and Northwest Territories comprise an area of 1½ million sq. miles and contain only 34,000 people, 8,300 of whom are Eskimo. Into this vast area only one na...