Overview
Picture a treeless, ice-encrusted wilderness lashed by unrelenting weather with a population density that makes Greenland seem claustrophobic. Add polar bears, narwhals, beluga whales and a scattered Inuit population who have successfully mastered a landscape so harsh that foreigners could not colonize it.
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Canada’s northernmost province, Nunavut is one of the most deserted places on earth. Here are the top things to do in this land of tundra and ice.
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