POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Forever Changed, National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration, Arctic Circle
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* canada haul is the history of canada in ottawa all redone last year. Shows resilience of indigenous people even though the white man entered the picture. * slogan for toronto raptors team but its also part of canadian identity, culture and geography. When you think of the north you think of polar bears, but its more theres the arctic fox or muscuc or narwall,or ballogis. * the northern lights, land of extreme beauty, temperature and luminosity (24 hr of light or darkness) * huge amounts of caribou in some locations in the far north. Picture is porcupine caribou herd which is on the yukon/ alaska border which is around 170,000 creatures. * you have inuit people, some igloos and dog sleds, but they live in communities. 7,740 people that live in akalwid on baffen island. growing about 12% a year. White horse capital of yukon territory at 25,000 and yeleni capital north west territories at 20,000.
