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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85" title="جزيرة الملك وليام – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="جزيرة الملك وليام" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kral-Vilyam" title="Kral-Vilyam – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kral-Vilyam" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D0%BC_(%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)" title="Крал Уилям (остров) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Крал Уилям (остров)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_del_Rei_Guillem" title="Illa del Rei Guillem – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Illa del Rei Guillem" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Island_(pulo_sa_Kanada,_Nunavut)" title="King William Island (pulo sa Kanada, Nunavut) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="King William Island (pulo sa Kanada, Nunavut)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrov_kr%C3%A1le_Vil%C3%A9ma" title="Ostrov krále Viléma – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Ostrov krále Viléma" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ynys_King_William" title="Ynys King William – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Ynys King William" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Island" title="King William Island – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="King William Island" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuningas_Williami_saar" title="Kuningas Williami saar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Kuningas Williami saar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9D%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC_%CE%9F%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BC" title="Νήσος Βασιλιά Ουίλιαμ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Νήσος Βασιλιά Ουίλιαμ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isla_del_Rey_Guillermo" title="Isla del Rey Guillermo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Isla del Rey Guillermo" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulo_Re%C4%9Do_Vilhelmo" title="Insulo Reĝo Vilhelmo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Insulo Reĝo Vilhelmo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilen_Erregearen_uhartea" title="Gilen Erregearen uhartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gilen Erregearen uhartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85" title="جزیره کینگ ویلیام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزیره کینگ ویلیام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_du_Roi-Guillaume" title="Île du Roi-Guillaume – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Île du Roi-Guillaume" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oile%C3%A1n_R%C3%AD_Liam" title="Oileán Rí Liam – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Oileán Rí Liam" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illa_do_Rei_Guillerme" title="Illa do Rei Guillerme – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Illa do Rei Guillerme" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%82%B9%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%97%84%EC%84%AC" title="킹윌리엄섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="킹윌리엄섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulau_King_William" title="Pulau King William – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pulau King William" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qikiqtaq" title="Qikiqtaq – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Qikiqtaq" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isola_di_Re_Guglielmo" title="Isola di Re Guglielmo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Isola di Re Guglielmo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9D" title="אי המלך ויליאם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אי המלך ויליאם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98" title="მეფე უილიამის კუნძული – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მეფე უილიამის კუნძული" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_William_Island" title="King William Island – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="King William Island" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kara%C4%BCa_Viljama_sala" title="Karaļa Viljama sala – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Karaļa Viljama sala" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karaliaus_Vilhelmo_sala" title="Karaliaus Vilhelmo sala – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Karaliaus Vilhelmo sala" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilmos_kir%C3%A1ly_sziget" title="Vilmos király sziget – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Vilmos király sziget" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%A6%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D" title="കിംഗ് വില്യം ദ്വീപ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കിംഗ് വില്യം ദ്വീപ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85" title="جزيره الملك وليام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="جزيره الملك وليام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koning_Willemeiland" title="Koning Willemeiland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Koning Willemeiland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E5%B3%B6" title="キングウィリアム島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="キングウィリアム島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qikiqtaq" title="Qikiqtaq – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Qikiqtaq" data-language-autonym="Norsk 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.geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=King_William_Island&params=69_10_N_97_25_W_region:CA-NU_type:isle_scale:5000000&title=King+William+Island"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">69°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">97°25′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">69.167°N 97.417°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">69.167; -97.417</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">King William Island</span>)</span></span></span></a></span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Archipelago</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Archipelago" title="Arctic Archipelago">Arctic Archipelago</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">13,174 km<sup>2</sup> (5,087 sq mi) -13,111 km<sup>2</sup> (5,062 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">Area rank</a></th><td class="infobox-data">61st</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coastline</th><td class="infobox-data">1,466 km (910.9 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">141 m (463 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest point</th><td class="infobox-data">Mount Matheson</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b>Canada</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada" title="Provinces and territories of Canada">Territory</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven" title="Gjoa Haven">Gjoa Haven</a> (pop. 1,349)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">1,349<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (2021)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">0.1/km<sup>2</sup> (0.3/sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ethnic groups</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Inuit" title="Inuit">Inuit</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>King William Island</b> (<a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Île du Roi-Guillaume</i>; previously: <b>King William Land</b>; <a href="/wiki/Inuktitut_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Inuktitut language">Inuktitut</a>: <i lang="iu-Latn"><b>Qikiqtaq</b></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an island in the <a href="/wiki/Kitikmeot_Region" title="Kitikmeot Region">Kitikmeot Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nunavut" title="Nunavut">Nunavut</a>, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Arctic_Archipelago" title="Arctic Archipelago">Arctic Archipelago</a>. In area it is between 12,516 km<sup>2</sup> (4,832 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 13,111 km<sup>2</sup> (5,062 sq mi)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_by_area" title="List of islands by area">61st-largest island in the world</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_islands_by_area" title="List of Canadian islands by area">Canada's 15th-largest island</a>. Its population, as of the <a href="/wiki/Canada_2021_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="Canada 2021 Census">2021 census</a>, was 1,349,<sup id="cite_ref-2021census_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all of whom live in the island's only community, <a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven" title="Gjoa Haven">Gjoa Haven</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While searching for the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Passage" title="Northwest Passage">Northwest Passage</a>, a number of <a href="/wiki/Arctic_exploration" title="Arctic exploration">polar explorers</a> visited, or spent their winters on, King William Island. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11,_2nd_edition.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg/220px-Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg/330px-Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg/440px-Operational_Navigation_Chart_C-11%2C_2nd_edition.jpg 2x" data-file-width="9254" data-file-height="6640" /></a><figcaption>Map including King William Island</figcaption></figure> <p>The island is separated from the <a href="/wiki/Boothia_Peninsula" title="Boothia Peninsula">Boothia Peninsula</a> by the <a href="/wiki/James_Ross_Strait" title="James Ross Strait">James Ross Strait</a> to the northeast, and the <a href="/wiki/Rae_Strait" title="Rae Strait">Rae Strait</a> to the east. To the west is the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Strait" title="Victoria Strait">Victoria Strait</a> and beyond it <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Island" title="Victoria Island">Victoria Island</a>. Within the <a href="/wiki/Simpson_Strait" title="Simpson Strait">Simpson Strait</a>, to the south of the island, is Todd Island, and beyond it, further to the south, is the <a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Peninsula" title="Adelaide Peninsula">Adelaide Peninsula</a>. <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Gulf" title="Queen Maud Gulf">Queen Maud Gulf</a> lies to the southwest. </p><p>Some places on the coast are: (counter clockwise from the northern tip) Cape Felix, Victory Point and Gore Point at the mouth of Collinson Inlet, Point Le Vesconte, Erebus Bay, Cape Crozier, (south side) Terror Bay, Irving Islands, Washington Bay, Cape Herschel, Gladman Point, entrance to <a href="/wiki/Simpson_Strait" title="Simpson Strait">Simpson Strait</a>, Todd Islets, (east side) <a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven" title="Gjoa Haven">Gjoa Haven</a>, Matheson Peninsula, Latrobe Bay, Cape Norton at mouth of Peel Inlet, <a href="/wiki/Matty_Island" title="Matty Island">Matty Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tennent_Islands" title="Tennent Islands">Tennent Islands</a>, <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Islands" title="Clarence Islands">Clarence Islands</a>, Cape Felix.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Wildlife">Wildlife</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Wildlife"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island is known for its large populations of <a href="/wiki/Barren-ground_caribou" title="Barren-ground caribou">barren-ground caribou</a>, which summer there before migrating in the autumn by walking south over the <a href="/wiki/Sea_ice" title="Sea ice">sea ice</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Role_in_Arctic_exploration">Role in Arctic exploration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Role in Arctic exploration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sir_James_Clark_Ross">Sir James Clark Ross</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sir James Clark Ross"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The island was long occupied by <a href="/wiki/Inuit" title="Inuit">Inuit</a>, who had a culture adapted to the extreme environment. In 1830, the British explorer <a href="/wiki/James_Clark_Ross" title="James Clark Ross">James Clark Ross</a> named it "King William Land" for <a href="/wiki/William_IV" title="William IV">King William IV</a> the reigning monarch of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a>; Ross thought at the time that it was a <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some sources credit his uncle, <a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Ross (Royal Navy officer)">John Ross</a> with naming the land.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1834, <a href="/wiki/George_Back" title="George Back">George Back</a>, another Arctic explorer, viewed its south shore from <a href="/wiki/Chantrey_Inlet" title="Chantrey Inlet">Chantrey Inlet</a> and eventually recognised it as an island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sir_John_Franklin">Sir John Franklin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sir John Franklin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg/220px-Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg/330px-Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg/440px-Franklin_Summer_camp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2382" data-file-height="1596" /></a><figcaption>Summer camp of <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Franklin" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir John Franklin">Sir John Franklin</a> 5.3 km (3.3 mi) south of Cape Felix</figcaption></figure> <p>Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Franklin" title="John Franklin">John Franklin</a>, another British explorer, made an Arctic expedition looking for the Northwest Passage about a decade after Ross; his two ships became stranded in 1846 when frozen in the sea ice northwest of the island. After abandoning the two ships, most of the crew died from exposure and starvation as they attempted to walk south near the western coastline. Two of Franklin's men were buried at Hall Point on the island's south coast. The ships were <a href="/wiki/Franklin%27s_lost_expedition" title="Franklin's lost expedition">believed lost forever</a>, as many subsequent expeditions were unable to find them. </p><p>It was not until June 29, 1981, that researchers finally had luck. A team led by Canadian archaeologist <a href="/wiki/Owen_Beattie" title="Owen Beattie">Owen Beattie</a>, found 31 pieces of human bone fragments on the southern tip of the island, called Booth Point.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 9, 2014, Canada's <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Canada" title="Prime Minister of Canada">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> announced that the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Strait" title="Victoria Strait">Victoria Strait</a> Expedition had located one of Franklin's two ships beneath shallow waters south of King William Island. It is preserved in very good condition; the <a href="/wiki/Side-scan_sonar" title="Side-scan sonar">side-scan sonar</a> could detect the deck planking.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the beginning of October, the wreck had been identified as <a href="/wiki/HMS_Erebus_(1826)" title="HMS Erebus (1826)">HMS <i>Erebus</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The other expedition vessel, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Terror_(1813)" title="HMS Terror (1813)">HMS <i>Terror</i></a>, was found in 2016 in <a href="/wiki/Terror_Bay" title="Terror Bay">Terror Bay</a>, off the south-west coast of King William Island.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roald_Amundsen">Roald Amundsen</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Roald Amundsen"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wfm_king_william_island.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wfm_king_william_island.png/220px-Wfm_king_william_island.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wfm_king_william_island.png/330px-Wfm_king_william_island.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Wfm_king_william_island.png/440px-Wfm_king_william_island.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="948" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Landsat" class="mw-redirect" title="Landsat">Landsat</a> satellite image of King William Island. North is to the upper left</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1903, Norwegian explorer <a href="/wiki/Roald_Amundsen" title="Roald Amundsen">Roald Amundsen</a>, looking for the <a href="/wiki/Northwest_Passage" title="Northwest Passage">Northwest Passage</a>, sailed through the James Ross Strait and stopped at a natural harbour on the island's south coast. Unable to proceed due to <a href="/wiki/Sea_ice" title="Sea ice">sea ice</a>, he spent the winters of 1903–1904 and 1904–1905 there. During his stays, he learned <a href="/wiki/Arctic" title="Arctic">Arctic</a> living skills from the local <a href="/wiki/Netsilik" title="Netsilik">Netsilik</a>. He used his ship <i><a href="/wiki/Gj%C3%B8a" title="Gjøa">Gjøa</a></i> as a base for explorations in the summer of 1904, during which he travelled by dogsled on the Boothia Peninsula and to the <a href="/wiki/North_Magnetic_Pole" class="mw-redirect" title="North Magnetic Pole">North Magnetic Pole</a>. After 22 months on the island, Amundsen left in August 1905. The harbour where he lived has the island's only settlement, <a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven" title="Gjoa Haven">Gjoa Haven</a>. Amundsen used skills learned from the Inuit when he made his later expedition to the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2016)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="George_Porter">George Porter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: George Porter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>George Porter was born on a whaling ship near <a href="/wiki/Herschel_Island" title="Herschel Island">Herschel Island</a> in 1895 to Mary Kappak and W.P.S. Porter. George was schooled in Alaska. In 1913 he was a sailor on the <i>Elvira</i> and travelled with the explorer <a href="/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson" title="Vilhjalmur Stefansson">Vilhjalmur Stefansson</a>. After briefly working as a reindeer herder in Siberia, he enlisted with the US military near the end of the First World War. In 1919, George was discharged from the Army in Iowa. In 1921 George sailed to Australia. Later George guided <a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police" title="Royal Canadian Mounted Police">Royal Canadian Mounted Police</a> (RCMP) commander <a href="/wiki/Henry_Larsen_(explorer)" title="Henry Larsen (explorer)">Henry Larsen</a> on many trips. George Porter eventually made Gjoa Haven on King William Island his home, where he worked as the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Hudson%27s_Bay_Company" title="Hudson's Bay Company">Hudson's Bay Company</a> trading post for a career of 25 years.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Like many places in the high Arctic the island has a <a href="/wiki/Tundra#Climatic_classification" title="Tundra">tundra climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen</a>: <i>ET</i>), its winter is long and cold and the summers are cool, melting part of the ice; with low precipitation, it is a "cold desert".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Gjoa Haven (<a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven_Airport" title="Gjoa Haven Airport">Gjoa Haven Airport</a>)<br />Climate ID: 2302335; coordinates <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=King_William_Island&params=68_38_08_N_95_51_01_W_type:airport_region:CA-NU&title=Gjoa+Haven+Airport"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">68°38′08″N</span> <span class="longitude">95°51′01″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">68.63556°N 95.85028°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">68.63556; -95.85028</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gjoa Haven Airport</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span>; elevation: 46.9 m (154 ft); 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1984–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high <a href="/wiki/Humidex" title="Humidex">humidex</a> </th> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.6 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.3 </td> <td style="background: #C3C3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.6 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #FFF8F1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #FF9831; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4 </td> <td style="background: #FF6600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.7 </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8 </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6 </td> <td style="background: #DCDCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.9 </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #ABABFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8E1E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.8<br />(69.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #E4E4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.5<br />(31.1) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #4646FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.6<br />(−21.3) </td> <td style="background: #4343FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30.3<br />(−22.5) </td> <td style="background: #5D5DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−25.4<br />(−13.7) </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−15.9<br />(3.4) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFFEFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(40.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFC892; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(54.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFDBB7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7<br />(49.5) </td> <td style="background: #F4F4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(36.5) </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.7<br />(21.7) </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.2<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #6161FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.6<br />(−12.3) </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−10.4<br />(13.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−32.9<br />(−27.2) </td> <td style="background: #3131FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33.6<br />(−28.5) </td> <td style="background: #4848FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.3<br />(−20.7) </td> <td style="background: #7979FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−20.2<br />(−4.4) </td> <td style="background: #B5B5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.1<br />(15.6) </td> <td style="background: #EFEFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(35.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4<br />(32.7) </td> <td style="background: #B9B9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8.4<br />(16.9) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−20.7<br />(−5.3) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−28.0<br />(−18.4) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−13.8<br />(7.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #2424FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.0<br />(−32.8) </td> <td style="background: #2222FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−36.4<br />(−33.5) </td> <td style="background: #3535FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−32.9<br />(−27.2) </td> <td style="background: #6363FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.4<br />(−11.9) </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.4<br />(9.7) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.1<br />(30.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.2<br />(39.6) </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3<br />(37.9) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.7<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.1<br />(12.0) </td> <td style="background: #6464FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−24.2<br />(−11.6) </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31.4<br />(−24.5) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−17.0<br />(1.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−48.3<br />(−54.9) </td> <td style="background: #0000D6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−50.2<br />(−58.4) </td> <td style="background: #0000EB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−46.3<br />(−51.3) </td> <td style="background: #0808FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−41.1<br />(−42.0) </td> <td style="background: #4E4EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−28.2<br />(−18.8) </td> <td style="background: #8A8AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.0<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.2<br />(29.8) </td> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.3<br />(6.3) </td> <td style="background: #3A3AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−32.0<br />(−25.6) </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−39.4<br />(−38.9) </td> <td style="background: #0000F8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−44.0<br />(−47.2) </td> <td style="background: #0000D6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−50.2<br />(−58.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low <a href="/wiki/Wind_chill" title="Wind chill">wind chill</a> </th> <td style="background: #00008B; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−64.2 </td> <td style="background: #000085; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−65.3 </td> <td style="background: #00007E; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−66.5 </td> <td style="background: #0000C2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−54.0 </td> <td style="background: #1212FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−39.4 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.9 </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.8 </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−12.9 </td> <td style="background: #7474FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−21.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−48.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000BD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−55.0 </td> <td style="background: #000094; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−62.5 </td> <td style="background: #00007E; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−66.5 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #F3FFF3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(0.31) </td> <td style="background: #F5FFF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0<br />(0.24) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.7<br />(0.50) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(0.61) </td> <td style="background: #EDFFED; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(0.47) </td> <td style="background: #E7FFE7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(0.60) </td> <td style="background: #DFFFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.9<br />(0.82) </td> <td style="background: #CFFFCF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.8<br />(1.25) </td> <td style="background: #D7FFD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.8<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.6<br />(1.01) </td> <td style="background: #EEFFEE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(0.42) </td> <td style="background: #F2FFF2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7<br />(0.34) </td> <td style="background: #E6FFE6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">192.7<br />(7.59) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.05) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(0.46) </td> <td style="background: #E2FFE2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.4<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #D1FFD1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.4<br />(1.20) </td> <td style="background: #E9FFE9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.0<br />(0.55) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.1<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FAFFFA; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.36) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #58FF58; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(4.4) </td> <td style="background: #5EFF5E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #00D600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.8<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #00F600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(6.7) </td> <td style="background: #19FF19; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(6.1) </td> <td style="background: #B8FFB8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6<br />(1.8) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.5<br />(0.2) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(3.9) </td> <td style="background: #003000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">32.7<br />(12.9) </td> <td style="background: #24FF24; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.2<br />(5.6) </td> <td style="background: #49FF49; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #90FF90; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">87.4<br />(34.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.0 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #8D8DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #6262FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.7 </td> <td style="background: #5A5AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">12.9 </td> <td style="background: #3939FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">16.0 </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.9 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.7 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">123.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.63 </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6 </td> <td style="background: #9292FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.53 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #8787FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.22 </td> <td style="background: #F8F8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.53 </td> <td style="background: #AEAEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3 </td> <td style="background: #4242FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">15.3 </td> <td style="background: #7070FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2 </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #A3A3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">87.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 1500 <abbr title="Local standard time">LST</abbr>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.0 </td> <td style="background: #94FF94; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.1 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.9 </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.5 </td> <td style="background: #7AFF7A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2 </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.2 </td> <td style="background: #92FF92; color:#000000;" class="notheme">70.3 </td> <td style="background: #8AFF8A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">75.5 </td> <td style="background: #7EFF7E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">83.4 </td> <td style="background: #76FF76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">88.4 </td> <td style="background: #83FF83; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.2 </td> <td style="background: #8DFF8D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7 </td> <td style="background: #87FF87; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">77.7 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Environment_and_Climate_Change_Canada" title="Environment and Climate Change Canada">Environment and Climate Change Canada</a><sup id="cite_ref-normals9120b_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-normals9120b-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:100%; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Gladman Point Airport (abandoned <a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">DEW Line</a> site, <a href="/wiki/North_Warning_System#Gladman_Point" title="North Warning System">CAM-2</a>)<br /> <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=King_William_Island&params=68_40_N_97_48_W_type:landmark_region:CA-NU&title=Gladman+Point+A"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">68°40′N</span> <span class="longitude">97°48′W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">68.667°N 97.800°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">68.667; -97.800</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Gladman Point A</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> elevation: 25 m (82 ft), 1961-1990 normals </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #CBCBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.0<br />(23.0) </td> <td style="background: #CECEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.4<br />(24.1) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.7<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.9<br />(39.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFEFE0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.7<br />(44.1) </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.6<br />(30.9) </td> <td style="background: #D1D1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−4.0<br />(24.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.4<br />(75.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #4040FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−30.8<br />(−23.4) </td> <td style="background: #3C3CFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31.5<br />(−24.7) </td> <td style="background: #5353FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.3<br />(−17.1) </td> <td style="background: #8989FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.2<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #C6C6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−5.9<br />(21.4) </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.8<br />(38.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.3<br />(52.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5<br />(47.3) </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(34.3) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−7.8<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−19.7<br />(−3.5) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−26.3<br />(−15.3) </td> <td style="background: #A7A7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−11.8<br />(10.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #2E2EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−34.2<br />(−29.6) </td> <td style="background: #2A2AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−34.9<br />(−30.8) </td> <td style="background: #3D3DFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31.4<br />(−24.5) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−22.0<br />(−7.6) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−9.8<br />(14.4) </td> <td style="background: #ECECFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(33.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFECD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2<br />(45.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFAF5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.2<br />(41.4) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.9<br />(30.4) </td> <td style="background: #AAAAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−11.2<br />(11.8) </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−23.6<br />(−10.5) </td> <td style="background: #4545FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−29.8<br />(−21.6) </td> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−15.4<br />(4.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #1818FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−38.3<br />(−36.9) </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−38.7<br />(−37.7) </td> <td style="background: #2626FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35.7<br />(−32.3) </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.1<br />(−16.8) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−13.8<br />(7.2) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.0<br />(28.4) </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.1<br />(37.6) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #D5D5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−3.2<br />(26.2) </td> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−14.6<br />(5.7) </td> <td style="background: #5252FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−27.5<br />(−17.5) </td> <td style="background: #2F2FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−34.0<br />(−29.2) </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−19.2<br />(−2.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #0000D8; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−50.0<br />(−58.0) </td> <td style="background: #0000C7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−53.0<br />(−63.4) </td> <td style="background: #0000E1; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−48.3<br />(−54.9) </td> <td style="background: #0000FC; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−43.3<br />(−45.9) </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−31.1<br />(−24.0) </td> <td style="background: #8080FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−18.9<br />(−2.0) </td> <td style="background: #DDDDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.7<br />(28.9) </td> <td style="background: #C5C5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−6.1<br />(21.0) </td> <td style="background: #8888FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−17.5<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #3232FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−33.4<br />(−28.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000E9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−46.7<br />(−52.1) </td> <td style="background: #0000E7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−47.2<br />(−53.0) </td> <td style="background: #0000C7; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−53.0<br />(−63.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(0.07) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(0.10) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(0.22) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.4<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.0<br />(0.39) </td> <td style="background: #DBFFDB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.5<br />(0.93) </td> <td style="background: #D8FFD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.9<br />(1.02) </td> <td style="background: #E1FFE1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(0.74) </td> <td style="background: #EBFFEB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(0.52) </td> <td style="background: #F7FFF7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(0.20) </td> <td style="background: #FBFFFB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(0.09) </td> <td style="background: #EFFFEF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">120.4<br />(4.74) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.0<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1<br />(0.28) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.4<br />(0.92) </td> <td style="background: #DAFFDA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.6<br />(0.97) </td> <td style="background: #EBFFEB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(0.49) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.8<br />(0.03) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F6FFF6; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69.2<br />(2.72) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall cm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #E5FFE5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(0.7) </td> <td style="background: #D9FFD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #D9FFD9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(1.0) </td> <td style="background: #AAFFAA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5<br />(2.2) </td> <td style="background: #81FF81; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(3.3) </td> <td style="background: #D0FFD0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(1.2) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #EBFFEB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.3<br />(0.5) </td> <td style="background: #9AFF9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(2.6) </td> <td style="background: #46FF46; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(4.9) </td> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.0<br />(2.0) </td> <td style="background: #DCFFDC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.3<br />(0.9) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.2<br />(20.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #8383FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #7F7FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">63 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">trace </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">trace </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #8F8FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">trace </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">26 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.2 cm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E3E3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #D8D8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3 </td> <td style="background: #C1C1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #E5E5FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">trace </td> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1 </td> <td style="background: #BFBFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5 </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8 </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4 </td> <td style="background: #E6E6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">38 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source: <a href="/wiki/Environment_and_Climate_Change_Canada" title="Environment and Climate Change Canada">Environment and Climate Change Canada</a> Canadian Climate Normals 1961-1990<sup id="cite_ref-ccn2_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccn2-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_eponyms_in_Canada" title="Royal eponyms in Canada">Royal eponyms in Canada</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=King_William_Island&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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Keith. <i>Notes on the Glaciation of King William Island and Adelaide Peninsula, N.W.T.</i> Ottawa: Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1959.</li> <li>Taylor, J. Garth. <i>Netsilik Eskimo Material Culture. The Roald Amundsen Collection from King William Island</i>. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1974. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/82-00-08945-2" title="Special:BookSources/82-00-08945-2">82-00-08945-2</a></li> <li>Woodworth-Lynas, C. M. T. <i>Surveying and Trenching an Iceberg Scour, King William Island, Arctic Canada</i>. 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id="Islands_of_the_Kitikmeot_Region" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Islands of the <a href="/wiki/Kitikmeot_Region" title="Kitikmeot Region">Kitikmeot Region</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CDDEFF;"> </th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beverly_Islands" title="Beverly Islands">Beverly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bryde_Island" title="Bryde Island">Bryde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Islands" title="Clarence Islands">Clarence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_la_Roquette_Islands" title="De la Roquette Islands">De la Roquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dixon_Island_(Canada)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dixon Island (Canada)">Dixon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finlayson_Islands" title="Finlayson Islands">Finlayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gibson_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Gibson Island (Nunavut)">Gibson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hay_Islands" title="Hay Islands">Hay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hobday_Island" title="Hobday Island">Hobday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hovgaard_Islands" title="Hovgaard Islands">Hovgaard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Islands" title="Keith Islands">Keith</a></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">King William</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Little_Camping_Island" title="Little Camping Island">Little Camping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matty_Island" title="Matty Island">Matty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minto_Islands" title="Minto Islands">Minto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montreal_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Montreal Island (Nunavut)">Montreal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/O%27Reilly_Island" title="O'Reilly Island">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)">Prince of Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Putulik" title="Putulik">Putulik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtagafaaluk" title="Qikiqtagafaaluk">Qikiqtagafaaluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaryuaq" title="Qikiqtaryuaq">Qikiqtaryuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaryuaq_(Queen_Maud_Gulf)" title="Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf)">Qikiqtaryuaq (Queen Maud Gulf)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Geographical_Society_Islands" title="Royal Geographical Society Islands">Royal Geographical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stefansson_Island" title="Stefansson Island">Stefansson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Sutton Island (Nunavut)">Sutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Islands" title="Tasmania Islands">Tasmania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennent_Islands" title="Tennent Islands">Tennent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Umingmalik" title="Umingmalik">Umingmalik</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Island" title="Victoria Island">Victoria</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_Island_(Kitikmeot)" title="Winter Island (Kitikmeot)">Winter</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CDDEFF;">Islands of <a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Inlet" title="Bathurst Inlet">Bathurst Inlet</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Algaq" title="Algaq">Algaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aupilaktuq" title="Aupilaktuq">Aupilaktuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Islands" title="Barry Islands">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chapman_Islands" title="Chapman Islands">Chapman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galena_Island" title="Galena Island">Galena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqalulialuk" title="Iqalulialuk">Iqalulialuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igluhugyuk" title="Igluhugyuk">Igluhugyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marcet_Island" title="Marcet Island">Marcet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Quadyuk_Island" title="North Quadyuk Island">North Quadyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Klengenberg_Island" title="Patsy Klengenberg Island">Patsy Klengenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qannuyak" title="Qannuyak">Qannuyak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qannuyak_(Barry_Islands)" title="Qannuyak (Barry Islands)">Qannuyak (Barry Islands)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaryuaq_(Bathurst_Inlet)" title="Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet)">Qikiqtaryuaq (Bathurst Inlet)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quadyuk_Island" title="Quadyuk Island">Quadyuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shoe_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Shoe Island (Nunavut)">Shoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockport_Islands" title="Stockport Islands">Stockport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triple_Islands" title="Triple Islands">Triple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walrus_Island_(Kiluhiqtuq)" title="Walrus Island (Kiluhiqtuq)">Walrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wignick_Island" title="Wignick Island">Wignick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CDDEFF;">Islands of <a href="/wiki/Coronation_Gulf" title="Coronation Gulf">Coronation Gulf</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aiyohok_Islands" title="Aiyohok Islands">Aiyohok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akvitlak_Islands" title="Akvitlak Islands">Akvitlak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anchor_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Anchor Island (Nunavut)">Anchor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bate_Islands" title="Bate Islands">Bate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berens_Islands" title="Berens Islands">Berens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Berry_Islands" title="Black Berry Islands">Black Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blaze_Island" title="Blaze Island">Blaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cockburn_Islands" title="Cockburn Islands">Cockburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Couper_Islands" title="Couper Islands">Couper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deadman_Islands" title="Deadman Islands">Deadman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doak_Island" title="Doak Island">Doak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_York_Archipelago" title="Duke of York Archipelago">Duke of York</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Island" title="Edinburgh Island">Edinburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haodlon_Island" title="Haodlon Island">Haodlon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatoayok_Island" title="Hatoayok Island">Hatoayok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hepburn_Island" title="Hepburn Island">Hepburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hokagon_Island" title="Hokagon Island">Hokagon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Home_Islands_(Nunavut)" title="Home Islands (Nunavut)">Home</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivuniryuaq" title="Ivuniryuaq">Ivuniryuaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jameson_Islands" title="Jameson Islands">Jameson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabviukvik_Island" title="Kabviukvik Island">Kabviukvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kigirktaryuk_Island" title="Kigirktaryuk Island">Kigirktaryuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kitaagunnaat" title="Kitaagunnaat">Kitaagunnaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingak_Island" title="Kingak Island">Kingak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawford_Islands" title="Lawford Islands">Lawford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Islands" title="Leo Islands">Leo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mangak_Island" title="Mangak Island">Mangak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Islands" title="Miles Islands">Miles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nakahungaqtuaryuit" title="Nakahungaqtuaryuit">Nakahungaqtuaryuit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nallukatarvik" title="Nallukatarvik">Nallukatarvik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanortut_Island" title="Nanortut Island">Nanortut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanukton_Island" title="Nanukton Island">Nanukton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nattiqtuut" title="Nattiqtuut">Nattiqtuut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nauyan_Islands" title="Nauyan Islands">Nauyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nichols_Islands" title="Nichols Islands">Nichols</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onitkok_Island" title="Onitkok Island">Onitkok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outcast_Islands_(Nunavut)" title="Outcast Islands (Nunavut)">Outcast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porden_Islands" title="Porden Islands">Porden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richardson_Islands" title="Richardson Islands">Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sesqui_Islands" title="Sesqui Islands">Sesqui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Mile_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Seven Mile Island (Nunavut)">Seven Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Graham_Moore_Islands_(Nunavut)" title="Sir Graham Moore Islands (Nunavut)">Sir Graham Moore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sisters_Islands_(Nunavut)" title="Sisters Islands (Nunavut)">Sisters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takhoalok_Island" title="Takhoalok Island">Takhoalok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ungiiviit" title="Ungiiviit">Ungiiviit</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#CDDEFF;">Islands of the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Boothia" title="Gulf of Boothia">Gulf of Boothia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astronomical_Society_Islands" title="Astronomical Society Islands">Astronomical Society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Copeland_Islands_(Nunavut)" title="Copeland Islands (Nunavut)">Copeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrison_Islands" title="Harrison Islands">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hecla_and_Fury_Islands" title="Hecla and Fury Islands">Hecla and Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Island" title="Helen Island">Helen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lady_Parry_Island" title="Lady Parry Island">Lady Parry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Islands" title="Martin Islands">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pouncet_Island" title="Pouncet Island">Pouncet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Somerset Island (Nunavut)">Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susanna_Island" title="Susanna Island">Susanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wales_Island_(Nunavut)" title="Wales Island (Nunavut)">Wales</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>Islands in <i>italics</i> are inhabited. 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Nunavut">Regions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kitikmeot_Region" title="Kitikmeot Region">Kitikmeot</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Kitikmeot,_Unorganized" title="Kitikmeot, Unorganized">Unorganized</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kivalliq_Region" title="Kivalliq Region">Kivalliq</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Kivalliq,_Unorganized" title="Kivalliq, Unorganized">Unorganized</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaaluk_Region" title="Qikiqtaaluk Region">Qikiqtaaluk</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/Qikiqtaaluk,_Unorganized" title="Qikiqtaaluk, Unorganized">Unorganized</a>)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electoral districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_electoral_districts" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Canadian federal electoral districts">Federal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nunavut_(electoral_district)" title="Nunavut (electoral district)">Nunavut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nunavut_territorial_electoral_districts" title="List of Nunavut territorial electoral districts">Territorial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aggu" title="Aggu">Aggu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aivilik" title="Aivilik">Aivilik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amittuq" title="Amittuq">Amittuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arviat_North-Whale_Cove" title="Arviat North-Whale Cove">Arviat North-Whale Cove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arviat_South" title="Arviat South">Arviat South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Lake_(electoral_district)" title="Baker Lake (electoral district)">Baker Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bay_(electoral_district)" title="Cambridge Bay (electoral district)">Cambridge Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven_(electoral_district)" title="Gjoa Haven (electoral district)">Gjoa Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hudson_Bay_(electoral_district)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hudson Bay (electoral district)">Hudson Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqaluit-Manirajak" title="Iqaluit-Manirajak">Iqaluit-Manirajak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu" title="Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu">Iqaluit-Niaqunnguu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqaluit-Sinaa" title="Iqaluit-Sinaa">Iqaluit-Sinaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iqaluit-Tasiluk" title="Iqaluit-Tasiluk">Iqaluit-Tasiluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kugluktuk_(electoral_district)" title="Kugluktuk (electoral district)">Kugluktuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Netsilik_(electoral_district)" title="Netsilik (electoral district)">Netsilik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangnirtung_(electoral_district)" title="Pangnirtung (electoral district)">Pangnirtung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quttiktuq" title="Quttiktuq">Quttiktuq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rankin_Inlet_North-Chesterfield_Inlet" title="Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet">Rankin Inlet North-Chesterfield Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rankin_Inlet_South" title="Rankin Inlet South">Rankin Inlet South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Baffin" title="South Baffin">South Baffin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tununiq" title="Tununiq">Tununiq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uqqummiut" title="Uqqummiut">Uqqummiut</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_communities_in_Nunavut" title="List of communities in Nunavut">Communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arctic_Bay" title="Arctic Bay">Arctic Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arviat" title="Arviat">Arviat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baker_Lake,_Nunavut" title="Baker Lake, Nunavut">Baker Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Inlet,_Nunavut" title="Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut">Bathurst Inlet</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Bay" title="Cambridge Bay">Cambridge Bay</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chesterfield_Inlet,_Nunavut" title="Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut">Chesterfield Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clyde_River,_Nunavut" title="Clyde River, Nunavut">Clyde River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coral_Harbour" title="Coral Harbour">Coral Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gjoa_Haven" title="Gjoa Haven">Gjoa Haven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grise_Fiord" title="Grise Fiord">Grise Fiord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Igloolik" title="Igloolik">Igloolik</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Iqaluit" title="Iqaluit">Iqaluit</a></i> <small><a href="/wiki/Apex,_Iqaluit" title="Apex, Iqaluit">Apex</a></small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimmirut" title="Kimmirut">Kimmirut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kinngait" title="Kinngait">Kinngait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kugaaruk" title="Kugaaruk">Kugaaruk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kugluktuk" title="Kugluktuk">Kugluktuk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naujaat" title="Naujaat">Naujaat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pangnirtung" title="Pangnirtung">Pangnirtung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pond_Inlet" title="Pond Inlet">Pond Inlet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qikiqtarjuaq" title="Qikiqtarjuaq">Qikiqtarjuaq</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rankin_Inlet" title="Rankin Inlet">Rankin Inlet</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resolute,_Nunavut" title="Resolute, Nunavut">Resolute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanikiluaq" title="Sanikiluaq">Sanikiluaq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanirajak" title="Sanirajak">Sanirajak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taloyoak" title="Taloyoak">Taloyoak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whale_Cove,_Nunavut" title="Whale Cove, Nunavut">Whale Cove</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Weather stations and<br /><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Armed_Forces" title="Canadian Armed Forces">Canadian Armed Forces</a> bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alert,_Nunavut" title="Alert, Nunavut">Alert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFS_Alert" title="CFS Alert">CFS Alert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennadai" title="Ennadai">Ennadai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eureka,_Nunavut" title="Eureka, Nunavut">Eureka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isachsen" title="Isachsen">Isachsen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanisivik_Naval_Facility" title="Nanisivik Naval Facility">Nanisivik Naval Facility</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mine sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Operating</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baffinland_Iron_Mine" class="mw-redirect" title="Baffinland Iron Mine">Baffinland Iron Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Doris_North&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Doris North (page does not exist)">Doris North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meadowbank_Gold_Mine" title="Meadowbank Gold Mine">Meadowbank Gold Mine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Bent Horn Mine <ul><li>Cullaton Lake/Shear Lake Mine</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jericho_Diamond_Mine" title="Jericho Diamond Mine">Jericho Diamond Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupin_Mine" title="Lupin Mine">Lupin Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanisivik_Mine" title="Nanisivik Mine">Nanisivik Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polaris_mine" title="Polaris mine">Polaris mine</a></li> <li>Rankin Inlet Mine</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Distant_Early_Warning_Line" title="Distant Early Warning Line">DEW line</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Warning_System" title="North Warning System">NWS</a> sites</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> 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