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are commonly spotted. In Qaummaarviit guided by Inuit. Wildlife, from whales to
Territorial Park, near Iqaluit, semi- polar bears, take part in an open water
subterranean sod houses used by Thule feeding frenzy (www.arctickingdom.com/
people between 1200 and 1700 AD can be arctic-safari).
seen (www.nunavutparks.com/parks-
special-places/qaummaarviit-territorial- Watch polar bears and walrus emerge from
park). There are also many Hudson’s Bay stone, antler and whalebone as carvers work
Company trading posts, remnants from the outside their homes in most hamlets.
th
19 century whaling era and, on Beechey
Island, the graves of three men from Sir See colourful northern lights fl icker across
John Franklin’s ill-fated 1845 search for the the sky in fall and winter.
Northwest Passage. In September 2014, one
of Franklin’s ships, the HMS Erebus, was Experience Inuit throat singing and drum
found by a remotely operated underwater dancing (www.alianait.ca).
vehicle near King William Island and, in
September 2016, Franklin’s second ship, Taste traditional Inuit food like Arctic char,
the HMS Terror, was discovered off the caribou, muskox and fresh, hot bannock
shores of King William Island. The Northwest bread.
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Carving is common throughout
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