Formally created in 1999, Nunavut Territory
is an governmental unit hived off from the previous Northwest Territories.
Nunavut,
in the language of the Inuit who live here, means "our land"
and covers the entire of the eastern
part of northern Canada. With an area of 1.9 million
square kilometers, Nunavut is approximately eight
times the size of the United Kingdom and comprises about one fifth of the whole area of Canada.

Repulse Bay
Reached just by airplane, Repulse
Bay
thrives on tourists who approach in exploration of land and sea
adventures, under the understanding of Inuit
tour guides. The "European" chapter of this fraction
of Canada's history opened in 1741
when Captain
Middleton
sailed into the profound bay - known to the Inuit as "Naujaat" - in search of the Northwest Passage.
In his dissatisfaction of not finding the Arctic route, Middleton
christened the bay .

Belcher Islands
Off the Hudson Bay shore lie the infertile
Belcher
Islands,
which sustain polar bears and Beluga whales and walruses in the nearby waters. Several people come here
to kayak; though, the Belcher
Islands
are awfully distant and see very few visitors every year. There is an airfield
in Sanikiluaq, which services the region.

Pond Inlet
Set on the Baffin
Island shore, Pond Inlet is an Inuit township to the west of a rugged mountainous land.
It attracts visitors for its natural loveliness and culture, though the area is
extremely distant and therefore expensive to access. One of the top traveler
attractions in the community is Nattinnak
Centre with displays on the narration,
geography, and natural world of the region.