The Arctic

What comes to mind?

Muslims in the Arctic?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ERuUMhkao

Location…

The Arctic Region is located in…Yukon

North West Territories

Nunavut

Northern Quebec

Tip of Newfoundland and Labrador

The Arctic Landscape is a combination of the Cordillera, Interior Plains and the Great Canadian Shield.

ARCTIC

FUN FACTS

DID YOU KNOW…The Arctic is the only landscape

where there is permafrost.

The ground is frozen all year long!

In the summer the toplayer of the landscape

may thaw and this oftenforms lakes or swamps . The permafrost effects

the types of shelter andtransportation used in

the Arctic.

Arctic Houses

DID YOU KNOW…Icecaps or glaciers, fjords, barren tundra,

pingos (huge mounds of solid ice )

treeline, northern lights and the polar ice pack (permanently frozen sea ice) are

just a few of the unique features found in this landscape.

Glaciers

Fjords

Barren Tundra

Pingos

Northern Lights

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJrCourgLo

Polar Ice Cap

• The unique tilt of our Earth's axis gives this region 6 months of constant sunlight and then 6 months of continual darkness.

• It would be very confusing to look at clock during the summer months. It would read midnight but the sun would still be shinning.

Arctic PopulationBecause of the unique landscape and climate conditions this area has the lowest human population

in Canada.

Arctic Jobs: As more people move up to

this beautiful region of Canada, the more jobs

will be created.

•There are many oil and gas industries on the land and in the water. There are huge off shore drilling rigs in the coastal regions.•Hunting, trapping and fishing are also important to the Northern population as well as other Canadians.

Minerals in the Arctic• ZINC

Zinc

Lead

Diamonds Go

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Arctic CultureThere are many tribes of Aboriginal People living in this part of Canada.

How would this climate affect people in the North? How would it affect the structure of their shelters??