Nunavut History

Although some people believe that the Viking explorers who had just settled in northern Newfoundland as far north as Baffin Iceland around the year 1000, this is not official yet, despite the archaeological discoveries of European artifacts in Cabo Banfield confirmed European visitors in 2008, Nunavut was first documented English explorer Martin Frobisher, who believed that the ore near the bay that now bears his name found during its 1576 Quest Northwest Passage.

Nunavut can always his large land with a small population, but the Inuit have called the area home for at least 4,000 years.

Robert Bylot, Henry Hudson, William Baffin and also in the far north during the 16th century dared to find in an attempt the elusive Northwest Passage, which leads to the wealth of Asia. However, no European would successfully navigate through the journey in the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen 1903-1905 visitors to learn more about Amundsen and his relationship with the local Inuit in the way of the Northwest Passage.

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Size Nunavut and the harsh climate allowed the small population of Inuit preserve their traditional nomadic way of life as hunters and fishermen for centuries by Europeans in southern Canada established. Inuit of Nunavut have also retained their intricate carving skills, only music and language Inuktitut, the native language of about 65 percent of the population of Nunavut.

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Nunavut can always his large land with a small population, but the Inuit have called the area home for at least 4,000 years. Originally whalers, Inuit took 500 years before his seal and caribou hunting life today. The Suntanning Nunavut Museum  is the best place to learn more about the culture of the Inuit, especially on days when elderly residents share stories firsthand.