the arctic
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The Arctic . What comes to mind?. Muslims in the Arctic?. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ERuUMhkao. Location… . The Arctic Region is located in…. Yukon. North West Territories . Nunavut. Tip of Newfoundland and Labrador . Northern Quebec . - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Arctic
What comes to mind?
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Muslims in the Arctic?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30ERuUMhkao
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Location…
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The Arctic Region is located in…Yukon
North West Territories
Nunavut
Northern Quebec
Tip of Newfoundland and Labrador
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The Arctic Landscape is a combination of the Cordillera, Interior Plains and the Great Canadian Shield.
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ARCTIC
FUN FACTS
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DID YOU KNOW…The Arctic is the only landscape
where there is permafrost.
The ground is frozen all year long!
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In the summer the toplayer of the landscape
may thaw and this oftenforms lakes or swamps . The permafrost effects
the types of shelter andtransportation used in
the Arctic.
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Arctic Houses
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DID YOU KNOW…Icecaps or glaciers, fjords, barren tundra,
pingos (huge mounds of solid ice )
treeline, northern lights and the polar ice pack (permanently frozen sea ice) are
just a few of the unique features found in this landscape.
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Glaciers
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Fjords
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Barren Tundra
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Pingos
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Northern Lights
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• The unique tilt of our Earth's axis gives this region 6 months of constant sunlight and then 6 months of continual darkness.
• It would be very confusing to look at clock during the summer months. It would read midnight but the sun would still be shinning.
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Arctic PopulationBecause of the unique landscape and climate conditions this area has the lowest human population
in Canada.
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Arctic Jobs: As more people move up to
this beautiful region of Canada, the more jobs
will be created.
•There are many oil and gas industries on the land and in the water. There are huge off shore drilling rigs in the coastal regions.•Hunting, trapping and fishing are also important to the Northern population as well as other Canadians.
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Minerals in the Arctic• ZINC
Zinc
Lead
Diamonds Go
ld
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Arctic CultureThere are many tribes of Aboriginal People living in this part of Canada.
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How would this climate affect people in the North? How would it affect the structure of their shelters??