Noted worldwide for its arts and cultural industries, mineral exploration and fisheries also contribute significantly to Nunavut’s economy. Mineral exploitation expenditures approached $200 million in 2006, up from $35 million in 1999. Nunavut’s first diamond mine opened in 2006 and the territory’s Atlantic fisheries have a landed value in excess of $100 million.
Look up to Nunavut to see polar bears roam the ice floes and muskoxen thunder across the tundra.
Share the music, stories art and traditions of an Inuit community. Kayak where whales play and walruses bask on the Arctic shoreline. Canoe the great rivers of the central Arctic. Travel with your own dog team across the sea ice.
Untamed, unspoiled, undiscovered. You’ll never forget your time in Nunavut.