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Archive: Nunavut Cool Facts

Alert Nanavut

Canada has the most northerly permanently inhabited settlement in the world – Alert in Nunavut

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Bones of Extinct Giant Camel Discovered

Magnetic Norh Pole

The North Magnetic Pole is moving about 55 km per year

Victoria Island

Canada is home to the World’s Largest Island-in-a-lake-on-an-island-in-a-lake-on-an-island. It’s on Victoria Island

Inuktitut

The written form of Inukitut you would see in Nunuvut was created from Pitman shorthand

Iqaluit Airport

Iqaluit Airport in Nunavut was a NASA alternate landing site for the U.S. Space Shuttle

Icebergs

The largest iceberg in the Northern Hemisphere was spotted near Baffin Island, Nunavut in 1882 – it was 13 km (8mi) long!

Mount Thor by Anasgar Walk

Canada is home to the steepest, tallest cliff anywhere on earth – Mont Thor, Nunavut

Mount Asgard by Ansgar Walk

Mount Asgard, Nunavut was featured in the James Bond Film ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’

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