Baffin Island

Baffin Island is Canada’s largest island, in Nunavut between mainland Canada and Greenland. Its Arctic landscape includes mountain ranges, deep fjords, tundra, and extensive ice fields.

Nunavut: Nunavut is Canada’s largest and northernmost territory, established in 1999. Baffin Island forms a major part of Nunavut’s land area and contains its capital, Iqaluit.
Auyuittuq National Park: Auyuittuq National Park is a protected area on the Cumberland Peninsula of Baffin Island. Its glaciers and steep mountains preserve a striking section of the island’s eastern Arctic terrain.
Martin Frobisher: Martin Frobisher was an English navigator whose 1570s Arctic voyages reached the waters near Baffin Island. His voyages brought the island region into sustained European exploration and gave Frobisher Bay its name.
Mary River Mine: Mary River Mine is an iron ore mine on northern Baffin Island, operated by Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation. It is the island’s largest industrial project and has prompted debate over shipping and environmental impacts.
Arctic amplification: Arctic amplification is the faster rate of warming in the Arctic compared with the global average. It drives rapid changes in Baffin Island’s sea ice, glaciers, and permafrost.
Canadian Arctic Archipelago: The Canadian Arctic Archipelago is a group of islands north of mainland Canada. Baffin Island is its largest island and its southeastern edge faces Greenland.
Mount Thor: Mount Thor is a mountain in Auyuittuq National Park, known for its exceptionally steep west face. Its sheer granite cliff exemplifies the island’s dramatic glacially carved relief.
William Baffin: William Baffin was an English navigator who explored Arctic waters in the early seventeenth century. Baffin Bay and Baffin Island bear his name, though Inuit knowledge of the region long preceded European exploration.
Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation: Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation is a Canadian mining company that operates Mary River Mine. Its extraction and shipping plans affect communities and ecosystems around northern Baffin Island.
Penny Ice Cap climate record: The Penny Ice Cap climate record is evidence of past atmospheric and climate conditions preserved in its ice layers. Ice cores from the island help reveal how Arctic climate has changed over time.

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