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Nothing beats Nunavut! by Richard Wolfson and Morgan Perry

__//Fun Fact//__ **__Major Cities__**
 * Nunavut is a scarce province with four people per 100 square miles.
 * The capital of Nunavut is Iqaluit. Famous for it's Inuit soapstones.

This is a picture of Iqaluit covered with ice and snow.

__**Major Landforms**__

Auyittiuq national park is one of the major landforms of Nunavut. Akshayuk pass inside of auyittiuq national park was created by glaciers. Auyittiuuq national park is a massive 4,717,000 acres. The tallest mountain in the park is Mount Odin standing at 7,044 ft. The word auyittiuq means land that never melts. The Taylor Dry Valley is an amazing range. It is very very big, and is commonly known in Canada as the Great Gorge. //__Fun Fact__//

Inuit people eat raw seal liver!

__// Climate //__ The main weather and climate in Nunavut, is very cold. In fact, average winter temperatures range from about -20 degrees F (-29 degrees C) in southern Baffin Island to below -35 degrees F (-37 degrees C) on Ellesmere Island. Summer temperatures range from above 50 degrees F (10 degrees C) in southern Nunavut to about 36 degrees F (2 degrees C) in the north. It is also very dry and arid.

__// Fun Fact //__ Polar bears actually have black skin, and the fur is clear!

__// Major Bodies of Water //__ The biggest body of water would be the Hudson bay. The first people to live there were the inuits and the indians. It is 316,500 square miles long and was very important for shipping goods.



__// Fun Fact //__ They now use snowmobiles instead of dogsleds.

__// Economy //__ Nunavut's Economy is very simple. Since they do not use cars because of all the snow and ice, there are very few roads and absolutley no railroads. Airplanes, helicopters, and snowmobiles are the most commonly used means of transportation. The four National parks are Auyuittuq, Quttinirpaaq, Sirmilik, and Ukkusiksalik.

Sources are worldbook, and Google images.