nunavut: fun facts
...for the Arctic Winter Games; competing in cross-country skiing, indoor soccer, figure skating, and wrestling using only arm and shoulder strength. - Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada, and 5th in the world. - 150,000 square kilometres of ice caps and glaciers cover Nunavut. - Nunavut straddles over four time zones, but it uses central time. - Frozen lakes are used as roads in the winter. - Only 20km of highway exist in Nunavut, so its residents travel by plane five times more often than other Canadians. - School years in Nunavut are based around hunting seasons. - Square dancing is a popular pastime throughout the territory. - Popular food items include: • Raw seal (traditional dish) • Maktaaq – outer skin of whale (eaten raw) • Aalu - caribou/seal meat, fat, and blood mixed with ptarmigan intestines • misiraq – aged seal blubber • nirukkaq – dish made from the contents of a caribou’s stomach - A popular form of music is throat singing: • 2–3 singers (usually women) stand face to face making rhythmic noises representing animal sounds by breathing from the throat. - Home to half of the world’s polar bears - Shares the same polar bear-shaped license plates with Northwest Territories - The treaty th...