bowhead and beluga whales as well as
walrus, seals and polar bears. Many of these
activities can be experienced on day trips
from communities. Sport fi shing is
popular, with fi shing lodges and camps
accessible by boat and fl oat planes. In
winter, there is ice fi shing and travelling
across the frozen tundra and sea ice by
snowmobile, on cross-country skis and via
dogsled. Choose a hamlet hotel base, camp
on the tundra with an outfi tter, or enjoy the
comfort of luxury wilderness lodges
including Arctic Watch, Arctic Haven and
Bathurst Inlet Lodge (
www.weberarctic.
com; www.bathurstarctic.com ).
More adventurous travellers can canoe
the Soper River in Katannilik Territorial
Park on Southern Baffi n Island or the
Thelon River on the Barren Lands. Rock
climb granite peaks in Auyuittuq National
Park, backcountry ski amid Clyde River's
sheer rock walls, or paddle Alexandra Fjord
and hike in Quttinirpaaq National Park on
Ellesmere Island (
www.blackfeather.com ).
HERITAGE AND CULTURE
Throughout Nunavut are sites once used
by nomadic Inuit. Stone rings marking the
locations of skin tents used in summers
Special Events
APRIL
• HAMLET DAY, MOST COMMUNITIES
• NATTIQ FROLICS, KUGLUKTUK
• NUNAVUT DRUM DANCE FESTIVAL,
CAMBRIDGE BAY
• TOONIK TYME, IQALUIT
APRIL MAY
• OMINGMAK FROLICS, CAMBRIDGE BAY
• PAKALLAK TYME, RANKIN INLET
JUNE JULY
• ALIANAIT ARTS FESTIVAL, IQALUIT
JULY
• CANADA DAY, TERRITORY-WIDE
• NUNAVUT DAY, TERRITORY-WIDE
AUGUST
• NUNAVUT ARTS FESTIVAL, CAMBRIDGE BAY
www.nunavuttourism.com
ON THE FLOE EDGE • DESTINATION CANADA/BLACK FEATHER THE WILDERNESS ADVENTURE CO./STEVE RUSKAY
EXPERIENCE THE NORTH EXPERIENCE THE NORTH
ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑑᓂᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕈᒃ
Proudly Connecting Winnipeg to Northern
Manitoba and Nunavut for over 55 years.
ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑕᓂᒃ ᐅᐃᓂᐱᐊᒡᓕᐊᕈᔾᔨᖃᑦᑕᓕᖅᑐᑦ
55 ᐊᕐᕋᒍᐃᑦ ᐅᖓᑖᓂ.
facebook.com/CalmAirInternational
1.800.839.2256 calmair.com
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
travel-guide-canada.pdf 1 2019-03-20 5:39 PM
NU
158
