A Brief Overview of the Region


Targets


This lesson is an introduction to the region.  You will learn about...

  • first inhabitants of the Arctic
  • first European explorers
  • the reasons people live in the Arctic today


Iqaluit, Nunavut 
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Introduction






Riddle:  What valuable thing did many people look for in Canada’s Arctic, at great expense and hardship, but never found?


You’ll find the answer in this lesson.