Arctic Archipelago

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The Arctic Archipelago is a vast group of remote, largely ice-covered islands in the far northern reaches of Canada, known for its extreme polar climate and fragile Arctic ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
geographical region
island
sea route
administeredBy Northwest Territories
Nunavut
borderedBy Baffin Bay
Beaufort Sea
Greenland Sea
Hudson Bay
characterizedBy permafrost
sea ice
tundra ecosystems
climate polar climate
country Canada
Canada
hasEcosystem Arctic tundra
polar desert
hasIsland Banks Island
Devon Island
Ellesmere Island
Victoria Island
hasLargestIsland Baffin Island
hasNaturalResource minerals
natural gas
petroleum
hasWaterway Northwest Passage
hasWildlife Arctic fox
Arctic hare
linked to: Lepus

Arctic tern
beluga whale
caribou
muskox
narwhal
polar bear
ringed seal
snowy owl
walrus
importantFor climate regulation
inhabitedBy Inuit
knownFor extreme cold temperatures
fragile Arctic ecosystems
long polar nights
midnight sun
locatedIn Arctic Ocean
Arctic region
Northern Canada
partOf Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago
Arctic Archipelago
Canada
North America
threatenedBy climate change
sea ice loss
usedFor climate studies
scientific research

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Arctic Circle passesNear Arctic Archipelago
Lomonosov Ridge extendsTo Canadian Arctic Archipelago
linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Northwest Passage traverses Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Americas containsSubregion Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Beaufort Sea hasShorelineIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Frozen Planet filmingLocation Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Nansen Sound locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Cape Dorset locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Baffin Island locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Baffin Island partOf Arctic Archipelago
subject linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Ellesmere Island partOf Arctic Archipelago
subject linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Victoria Island partOf Arctic Archipelago
subject linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Banks Island partOf Arctic Archipelago
subject linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Devon Island partOf Arctic Archipelago
subject linked to: Arctic Archipelago
Northwest Passage partOf Arctic Archipelago
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Beaufort Gyre boundedBy Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Franklin expedition destination Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Amundsen Gjøa expedition destinationRegion Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Martin Frobisher explored Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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William Baffin exploredRegion Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Robert McClure placeOfActivity Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Thule Inuit mainRegion Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Ellesmere Island locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Ellesmere Island belongsTo Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Lancaster Sound locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Devon Island locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Qikiqtaaluk Region contains Qikiqtaaluk Archipelago
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Gulf of Boothia locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Foxe Basin partOf Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Foxe Basin marineEcoregion Arctic Archipelago marine ecoregion
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Otto Sverdrup exploredRegion Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Victoria Island locatedInArchipelago Arctic Archipelago
1908–1909 North Pole expedition operatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Otto Sverdrup’s Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 areaExplored Canadian High Arctic archipelago
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Otto Sverdrup’s Second Fram Expedition 1898–1902 operatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Axel Heiberg Island locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Axel Heiberg Island partOf Canadian Arctic Islands
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Salluit partOf Canadian Arctic Archipelago region
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Ulukhaktok locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Sachs Harbour locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Francis Leopold McClintock areaOfActivity Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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James Ross Strait partOf Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Gustav Juel Wiik placeOfActivity Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Northwest Passage expedition 1903 operatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Beechey Island locatedIn Arctic Archipelago
Peel Sound locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Gjøa Haven locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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McClure expedition theaterOfOperations Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Banks Island locatedIn Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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Dorset culture mainAreaOfActivity Canadian Arctic Archipelago
linked to: Arctic Archipelago