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The Arctic

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. Tip of Newfoundland and Labrador . Northern Quebec .

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The Arctic

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  1. The Arctic What comes to mind?

  2. Muslims in the Arctic? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ERuUMhkao

  3. Location…

  4. The Arctic Region is located in… • Yukon • North West Territories • Nunavut • Tip of Newfoundland and Labrador • Northern Quebec

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

  6. ARCTIC FUN FACTS

  7. DID YOU KNOW… The Arctic is the only landscape where there is permafrost. The ground isfrozen all year long!

  8. In the summer the top layer of the landscape may thaw and this often forms lakes or swamps . The permafrost effects the types of shelter and transportation used in the Arctic.

  9. Arctic Houses

  10. DID YOU KNOW… Icecaps or glaciers, fjords, barren tundra, pingos(huge mounds of solid ice ) treeline, northern lightsand the polar ice pack (permanently frozen sea ice) are justa few of the unique features found in this landscape.

  11. Glaciers

  12. Fjords

  13. Barren Tundra

  14. Pingos

  15. Northern Lights

  16. Polar Ice Cap http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKJrCourgLo

  17. 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.

  18. Arctic Population Because of the unique landscape and climate conditions this area has the lowesthuman population in Canada.

  19. 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 drillingrigs in the coastal regions. • Hunting, trapping and fishing are also important to the Northern population as well as other Canadians.

  20. Minerals in the Arctic • ZINC Zinc Lead Diamonds Gold

  21. Arctic Culture There are many tribes of Aboriginal People living in this part of Canada.

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

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