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ᕿᒧᒃᓯᖅ (Qimuksiq)
ᕿᒧᒃᓯᕐᓂᖅ ᖁᑦᑎᒃᑐᒥ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖃᖅᑐᒥᒃ 500-ᑭᓛᒥᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᓱᐃᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᖏᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓃᓕᓚᐅᖅᑐᒥᒃ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᒃᓴᔭᓪᓚᑦᑖᖓᓂᒃ
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The Nunavut Quest dogsled race is revitalizing a once-threatened tradition
Inside the 500-kilometre dogsled race across the High Arctic with the qimuksiqtiit who are sharing their knowledge with the next generation
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Passing the Mic, Part 2 — The goose hunt with Tyler Agligoetok and Sinclair Lyall
Episode 55
Students Tyler Agligoetok and Sinclair Lyall from the Canadian Geographic Podcast Worksop discuss favourite hunting memories and time spent on the tundra of Victoria Island
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Passing the Mic, Part 1 — The Canadian High Arctic Research Station
Episode 54
Join podcast host David McGuffin in the first of three episodes exploring Iqaluktuuttiaq (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut and the new Canadian High Arctic Research Station. In this episode: Arctic research, the blending of traditional Inuit knowledge with Western science, and more.
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With old traditions and new tech, young Inuit chart their changing landscape
For generations, hunting, and the deep connection to the land it creates, has been a mainstay of Inuit culture. As the coastline changes rapidly—reshaping the marine landscape and jeopardizing the hunt—Inuit youth are charting ways to preserve the hunt, and their identity.
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Our land, our strength
Reflecting on 20 years of Canada's newest territory, Nunavut
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Louie Kamookak, oral history and the Franklin expedition
Alanna Mitchell, co-author of Franklin's Lost Ship: The Historic Discovery of HMS Erebus, reflects on the renowned historian
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An ‘Angry Inuk’ defends the seal hunt, again
Award-winning documentary will have its Canadian TV premiere on CBC this weekend
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At Ottawa’s Nunavut Sivuniksavut, Inuit youth carve out their place in the world
The name roughly translates to 'Nunavut, Our Future,' and that's where students and instructors are focused
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The 2022 Expedition Insider
A behind-the-scenes look at the adventures and discoveries of the passionate explorers funded by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society
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The Essential Itinerary: Iqaluit
Kick up those soft kamiit heels and join in the fun with this must-do list of activities
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Your next cup of coffee should come from Canada’s North
Support small businesses and get a killer cup of coffee at the same time with a bag of beans from these northern roasters
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‘It’s been raining! In the High Arctic!’
The Canadian High Arctic Research Station is set to open in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, later this year. How will it affect our understanding and appreciation of the North and the rapid change occurring there?
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History
Throwback Thursday: Nunavut up and running
On April 1, 1999, Canada’s youngest population took control of its largest territory. Here’s how Canadian Geographic covered the story.
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The Inuit future
Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, on the idea of a Inuit-Crown relationship, Canada’s Inuit homelands and the role of Inuit in the world
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Wildlife
Previously stable population of polar bears now in decline, study finds
The number of polar bears living around southern Hudson Bay has dropped by nearly a fifth since 2011
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Mapping
Mapping the Lancaster Sound National Marine Conservation Area
Two visions of the landmark proposed marine protected region
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Exploration
Summits of Canada expedition to make final ascent in Nunavut this summer
Decade-long project to reach the highest point in every province and territory will conclude with Barbeau Peak on Ellesmere Island
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Ring around the pole
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