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Baffin Island
largest Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada
Bjarni Herjólfsson
Norse explorer, first known European discoverer of the mainland of the Americas
Auyuittuq National Park
national park located on Baffin Island, Canada
Helluland
Helluland () is one of the three lands, the others being Vinland and Markland, seen by Bjarni Herjólfsson, encountered by Leif Erikson and further explored by Thorfinn Karlsefni Thórdarson around AD 1000 on the North Atlantic coast of North America. As some writers refer to all land beyond Greenland as Vinland, Helluland is sometimes considered a part of Vinland.
Baffin Island Current
ocean current running south down the western side of Baffin Bay in the Arctic Ocean, along Baffin Island
Arctic Bay Airport
airport in Nunavut, Canada
Clyde River Airport
airport in Nunavut, Canada
Pangnirtung Airport
airport in Nunavut, Canada
Baffin Island wolf
subspecies of wolf native to Baffin Island, Canada
Nanisivik
Nanisivik (; ) is a now-abandoned company town which was built in 1975 to support the lead-zinc mining and mineral processing operations for the Nanisivik Mine, in production between 1976 and 2002. The townsite is located just inland from Strathcona Sound, about east of the community of Arctic Bay in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.
Pond Inlet Airport
airport in Nunavut, Canada
Kimmirut Airport
airport in Nunavut, Canada
HMS Resolute
1850 British survey vessel
Nanisivik Airport
former airport in Nunavut, Canada
Tom George Longstaff
British explorer (1875-1964)
Groclant
thumb|Groclant on the Mercator map. Groclant is the name of a phantom island generally shown off the western side of Greenland, first appearing on maps in the late 16th century. The name of the island may be an errant reading of Greenland.
Donald Baxter MacMillan
American explorer and sailor (1874-1970)
Franklin District
former district of the Northwest Territories, Canada
Tanfield Valley
archaeological site in Nunavut, Canada