ENV250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Hermaphrodite, Klondike Gold Rush, Distant Early Warning Line
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Lecture 20. 1 notes canada"s north and far north: geography and history. Why study the north: part of canadian identity and culture, think of diversity polar bears, caribou, narwhals, etc, think of northern lights. Inuit people occupy the north live in communities. Important for military and shipping: home to many natural resources. Geography: most people say its anything above the arctic circle (66 degrees and 33 minutes north, can receive 24-hour darkness or 24 hours of light. In canada, the north is considered the 3 territories: there is a lot of different understandings of the north. Includes alaska (us), russia, scandinavia (finland, sweden, norway, iceland), and greenland (self-governing region of denmark: known as the arctic 8, diversity of indigenous people in the arctic area of the world. Indigenous presence: dorset culture (500 bce to 1500 ce, died out not too long after inuit arrived.
