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Kiakshuk (1886 – May 3, 1966) was a Canadian Inuk artist who worked both in sculpture and printmaking. [1] Kiakshuk began printmaking in his seventies and, is most commonly praised for creating “real Eskimo pictures” that relate traditional Inuit life and mythology.
Like most of Nunavut and the Canadian Arctic, Baffin Island has a tundra climate (Köppen climate classification ET), although the highest ice caps have an ice cap climate (EF). The sea is frozen for most of the year, and only a few months are above freezing. There can be seasonal lag in spring.
Akimiski Island [1] is the largest island in James Bay (a southeasterly extension of Hudson Bay), Canada, which is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the territory of Nunavut. It has an area of 3,001 km 2 (1,159 sq mi), making it the 163rd largest island in the world , and Canada's 29th largest island .
Axel Heiberg Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᑦ ᓄᓈᑦ, Umingmat Nunaat) is an uninhabited island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 32nd largest island in the world and Canada's seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada, [2] it has an area of 43,178 km 2 (16,671 sq mi).
Skraeling Island is an extensive archeological site which has yielded a wealth of artifacts [3] from Small-Tool cultures dating from 4500 BC (Dorset and Thule).Norse items found at Inuit sites [3] — some 80 objects from a single site including a small driftwood carving of a face with European features — suggests that there was a lively trade between the groups (as well as an exchange of ...
The Digges Islands [1] (Inuit: Saaqqayaaq-Qikirtasiit) [2] are members of the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The two islands, West Digges and East Digges, are located in Digges Sound, an arm of Hudson Bay, where the strong currents of the bay meet Hudson Strait. The hamlet of Ivujivik, on the Ungava Peninsula, is south of the ...
Qikiqtarjuaq (Inuktitut pronunciation: [qikiqtaʁjuˈaq] 'big island'; [6] formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998 / ˈ b r ɔː t ən /, [7]) is a community located on Broughton Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is known for Arctic wildlife (ringed seals, polar bears, bowhead whales, narwhals), bird ...
Lady Franklin Island (Inuktitut: Kitigtung), [1] is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, 25 mi (40 km) from Hall Peninsula. [2] There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.