What kind of animals live in baffin island?

There is wildlife found here year-round, such as Barren-ground Caribou, polar bear, Arctic fox, Arctic wolf and lemming. Year-round marine-life is mainly the ringed seals, the King of the Arctic's favourite meal, which live offshore within about 8 kilometres of land.

1. What animals live on Baffin Island?
2. Are there bears on Baffin Island?
3. Are there caribou on Baffin Island?
4. Are there puffins on Baffin Island?
5. What language is spoken in Baffin Island?
6. What ocean is Baffin Island?
7. How cold does Baffin Island get?
8. Are there any towns on Baffin Island?
9. Is Baffin Island north of the Arctic Circle?
10. What birds live on Baffin?
11. What is Nunavut's flower?
12. What country does Baffin Island belong to?
13. How do you say hello in Eskimo?
14. Do they speak English in Nunavut?
15. Where do Inuit people live?

What animals live on Baffin Island?

Baffin Island's population is largely Inuit. Wildlife: Land mammals living on Baffin Island include caribou, polar bears, Arctic foxes and Arctic wolves. Polar bears hunt the harp seals and walrus that frequent ice floes in surrounding waters, which are also home to narwhals, orca, beluga and bowhead whales.

Are there bears on Baffin Island?

The Baffin Bay polar bears inhabit approximately one million square kilometres of land and sea encompassing Baffin Bay, and portions of Baffin Island, all of Bylot Sound, and parts of west and northwest Greenland. Their population is stable at about 2,800 animals, and appears to have been stable for a while.

Are there caribou on Baffin Island?

Caribou on Baffin Island are of the barren-ground subspecies, Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus. ... Due to the large size of the region, there has been limited scientific research conducted on Baffin Island caribou.

Are there puffins on Baffin Island?

The best time to bird-watch in Baffin Island is from May until August. Some of the bird species you could see include snowy owls, different types of falcons, rough-legged hawks, ptarmigans, ravens, and several seabird species such as puffins and gulls.

What language is spoken in Baffin Island?

Language. Inuktitut is a language commonly spoken by many Baffin Island Inuit. The language has several subdialects, including North and South Baffin. According to the 2016 census, 36,015 people of the Indigenous population reported Inuktitut as their mother tongue.

What ocean is Baffin Island?

Conserving Life in Canada's Oceans. Baffin Bay and Davis Strait are two large basins between Nunavut's Baffin Island and Greenland that connect the Arctic Ocean with the Atlantic.

How cold does Baffin Island get?

Baffin Island has an extreme cold threshold of -50 C or a windchill index of -50 C. In Iqaluit, that temperature means local elementary schools close for the day, as happened one afternoon last week. But for the rest of Nunavut, that threshold is slightly higher at -55 C.

Are there any towns on Baffin Island?

Major settlements include the Baffin Island towns of Iqaluit (the regional headquarters and territorial capital), Pangnirtung (Panniqtuuq), Pond Inlet (Mittimatalik), and Cape Dorset (Kingnait), as well as Igloolik (Iglulik) on Melville Peninsula.

Is Baffin Island north of the Arctic Circle?

Baffin Island lies in the path of a generally northerly airflow all year round, so, like much of northeastern Canada, it has an extremely cold climate. ... Most of Baffin Island lies north of the Arctic Circle—all communities from Pangnirtung northwards have polar night in winter and midnight sun in summer.

What birds live on Baffin?

Canada and (Greater) Snow Geese, Common and King Eiders, Long-tailed Duck, Red-throated Diver (Loon), (Northern) Fulmar, Gyr (including white morphs) and Peregrine Falcons, Glaucous, Great Black-backed, Iceland, Sabine's and Thayer's Gulls, (Black-legged) Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Arctic, Long-tailed and Pomarine Skuas ( ...

What is Nunavut's flower?

The purple saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia) was unanimously adopted by the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut on May 1, 2000, as the official flower of Nunavut.

What country does Baffin Island belong to?

Baffin Island is separated from Greenland on the north and east by Baffin Bay and Davis Strait and from the Labrador-Ungava mainland on the south by Hudson Strait. It is administered as part of Baffin region, Nunavut territory, Canada.

How do you say hello in Eskimo?

Atelihai, pronounced ahh-tee-lee-hi, is the Inuktitut word for "hello" or "welcome."

Do they speak English in Nunavut?

Nunavut could be considered an “area of contact” between language groups. In the territory, Inuktitut and English are predominant; Inuinnaqtun and French are also present, as are Inuvialuktun and other Inuit languages.

Where do Inuit people live?

Inuit population and language

Many Inuit in Canada live in 53 communities across the northern regions of Canada in Inuit Nunangat, which means "the place where Inuit live." Inuit Nunangat is comprised of 4 regions: Inuvialuit (Northwest Territories and Yukon) Nunavik (Northern Quebec)