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Pond Inlet is a small,predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut,Canada,located on northern Baffin Island. To the Inuit the name of the place "is and always has been Mittimatalik." The Scottish explorer Sir John Ross had named an arm of the sea that separates Bylot Island from Baffin Island as Pond's Bay,and the hamlet now shares that name. On 29 August 1921,the Hudson's Bay Company opened its trading post near the Inuit camp and named it Pond Inlet,marking the expansion of its trading empire into the High Arctic.
The Qikiqtaaluk Region,Qikiqtani Region or the Baffin Region is the easternmost,northernmost,and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut,Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name for Baffin Island. Although the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the most commonly used name in official contexts,several notable public organizations,including Statistics Canada prior to the 2021 Canadian census,use the older term Baffin Region.
Lancaster Sound is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region,Nunavut,Canada. It is located between Devon Island and Baffin Island,forming the eastern entrance to the Parry Channel and the Northwest Passage. East of the sound lies Baffin Bay;to the west lies Viscount Melville Sound. Further west a traveller would enter the M'Clure Strait before heading into the Arctic Ocean.
Amittuq is a territorial electoral district (riding) for the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut,Canada.
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Mark Evaloarjuk,CM was a northern Canadian business pioneer and politician from Igloolik,Nunavut. He served as a member of the Northwest Territories Legislature from 1975 until 1983,and served as President of Arctic Cooperatives Ltd. In 1981,he became inducted as member of the Order of Canada.
Igloolik Island is a small island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut,Canada. It is located in the Foxe Basin,very close to the Melville Peninsula,and it is often thought to be a part of the peninsula. It forms part of the Arctic Archipelago.
The Mary River Mine is an open pit iron ore mine on Inuit Owned Land (IOL) operated by the Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (BIMC),in the Mary River area of the Qikiqtaaluk Region,on Baffin Island,Nunavut,in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. As of 2021,Mary River mine operation consists of an open-pit mine,two work camps for hundreds of workers,a tote road—from the Mary River site to Milne Inlet—and a port infrastructure at Milne Inlet. According to a 4-year study published in 2008,the Mary River Mine,with its four massive iron ore deposits of 65-70% pure iron ore was "one of the most promising undeveloped iron deposits on the planet". It was not until technological advances were in place in 2010,and the market for iron ore had dramatically increased that sizable financial backing for the high cost of development in a remote region known for its inhospitable climate,was available. The mine began operations in 2014,and the first shipment to Europe arrived in 2015. Baffinland is currently planning on expanding the mine. In February 2021,a group of Inuit hunters blockaded access to the mine for a week to protest the expansion.
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The Amitturmiut are an Inuit group who live in northern Foxe Basin,in what is now Nunavut,Canada. They are a supergroup of "five or more small -miut groups" that "shared strong kinship ties." This part of Foxe Basin is rich in resources,including walrus,seal,and caribou,which meant that they could sustain "fairly substantial communities." By 2008,the Amitturmiut mainly live in Igloolik,whose people are now known as Iglulingmiut,and Sanirajak.
Pauloosie Jamesie Akeeagok is a Canadian Inuk politician who in 2021 became the sixth and current premier of Nunavut. He was elected a member of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut in the 2021 Nunavut general election. He represents the electoral district of Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu.
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