About Nunavut
When traveling in Nunavut find the perfect Nunavut Bed and Breakfast. In outback Australia, you go ‘bush’. In the Rocky Mountains, you go into the ‘wilderness’ In the north, people go ‘out on the land’. Being on the land is what brings the visitor close to the real arctic experience, and it is only out on the land where you can begin to understand what it means to live here.
Nunavut wilderness adventures include everything from a one-of-a-kind cultural experience in an all-inclusive nature lodge to the thrill of battling an arctic char for hours in the shallow rapids under the midnight sun, as well as relaxing in an iglu (that you helped build!) with your Inuit guide after a day of mushing your own dog team across the tundra. Whether it's a journey to view exotic arctic wildlife or a chance to learn about Inuit culture and traditions, Nunavut offers something for everyone.
For the less intrepid, there is nature that is truly pristine. Nunavut is a world where only silver threads of moonlight and the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights temper the darkness of winter. Polar bears roam the flow edge stalking prey and muskoxen thunder across the tundra, whales play and narwhals joust in ice-blue waters and Atlantic walruses can be seen basking on the rocky Arctic shoreline. Whether it’s a day spent bird watching, or simply an afternoon discovering the flora in one of Nunavut's parks, the long summer daylight and bountiful wildlife of Nunavut provides for a multitude of nature tours and experiences.
For more adventurous, Nunavut's spectacular scenery and diverse geography promises an unforgettable experience. From the High Arctic oasis of Ellesmere Island to the towering face of Mt. Thor, Nunavut offers a wide variety of ice, mountain and rock climbing, and a number of challenging hikes that rival anything you can find anywhere else in the world. Canoeing the great rivers of the central arctic is still one of the most challenging adventures that Canada has to offer. There is little that compares to the current of the Thelon, Kazan, Back, Hayes, and Dubawnt rivers as you immerse yourself in the vastness of the barrenlands.
Attractions
Auyuittuq National Park of Canada
This spectacular park reserve is an arctic wilderness of jagged mountain peaks, deep valleys, steep-walled ocean fjords and eternal glacier ice. At the heart of the park is the massive Penny Ice Cap, whose radiating valley glaciers are still actively shaping the land. The glaciers flow down into the surrounding treeless valleys, where they melt into swift rivers that rush over the rock and tundra valley floors to the ocean. Here, at the Arctic Circle, winter gives way to the brief arctic summer while darkness and daylight take turns dominating the land. This powerful landscape reflects the Inuit belief that time is infinite and unending. Whether you climb Auyuittuq's mountains, ski on its icefields or backpack through the Akshayuk Pass (formerly Pangnirtung Pass), you can take some of that unending time to explore the park and experience the majesty of the Arctic.
Quttinirpaaq National Park of Canada
During the brief arctic summer on Quttinirpaaq, the sun remains high in the sky bathing the land in continuous daylight. There is no darkness to mark the passage of time telling you when to sleep and when to wake. There are no trees to remind you of lands further south. The scale of the land is both immense and intimate at the same time. Intricate patterns of rock, frost-cracked ground, willows and wildflowers at your feet extend out from where you stand into endless vistas in the clear, dry air. Glaciers on a mountainside 15 km away seem to be details in a landscape within reach.
Sirmilik National Park of Canada
As part of Canada's national parks system, Sirmilik National Park represents the Northern Eastern Arctic Lowlands Natural Region and portions of the Lancaster Sound Marine Region. The park will comprise three separate land areas. Bylot Island is a spectacular area of rugged mountains, icefields and glaciers, coastal lowlands and seabird colonies. Oliver Sound is a long, narrow fiord with excellent opportunities for boating, hiking and camping. Borden Peninsula is an extensive plateau dissected by broad river valleys. The park features landforms and superb wilderness hiking and camping, and a major seabird colony in the vicinity of Baillarge Bay. |