 30,000 People - 15,000 Polar Bears The territory of Nunavut (which means "our land" in the Inuktitut language) covers some 1.9 million square kilometres / 750,000 square miles of the Canadian Arctic and is nearly one-fifth the size of Canada. With a total population of only about 30,000 people, Nunavut has a population density of one person per 63 sq. km / 23 sq. miles. By comparison, Mexico (with a similar area and a population of over 105,000,000) would have about 3,500 people occupying the same space. And then there's the polar bears ... Canada has an estimated* population of about 15,000 polar bears (most of which are in Nunavut). With about one bear for every two people in the territory, it's no wonder Nunavut has a polar bear on its license plate! *They refused to participate in the last census.
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DICTIONARY: Just "double-click" any unlinked word on this page for the definition from Merriam-Webster's Student Electronic Dictionary at Word Central. |
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ARCTIC LIBRARY & GLOSSARY: Check this section for an index of the rest of the things you really need to know about the Arctic. |
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ARCTIC MAPS & WEATHER REPORTS: Maps of the Northwest Passage, explorers' routes, iceberg sources, Nunavut, the Arctic by treeline, temperature... |
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ARCTIC LINKS: Even more information! Links to sites related to the Arctic and "Iceberg: the Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots". |
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GUIDE TO ARCTIC SUNRISE & SUNSET: How much sunlight or darkness is there in the Arctic on each day of the year? |
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