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Quttinirpaaq National Park

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97: 62: 2191: 504: 920: 45: 2180: 104: 69: 2295: 903: 490: 460:, Lake Hazen and Ward Island. Tanquary Fiord and Lake Hazen are the main access points for tourists. Beyond these warden stations, there are no facilities within the park itself. Two backpacking routes are the route between Lake Hazen and Tanquary Fiord, and a loop around the Ad Astra and Viking ice caps, both approximately 100 km (62 mi). 150: 2100: 1835: 2678: 478:
on January 14, 2019. It was a first-class rate stamp, issued at a value of 90 cents, and part of a nine-stamp definitive (regular) set issued the same day, in a series which debuted in 2018.
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Due to its high latitude and limited wildlife, there has never been any significant human presence within this part of Ellesmere Island. The pass from
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The park is remarkable for its extensive glaciers and ice caps, desert-like conditions, and life forms that are uniquely adapted to the extreme
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reside in this national park, but sparse vegetation and low temperatures support only small populations. There is a very small
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through to Lake Hazen shows evidence of being used by Arctic people since about 5000 years ago. Tent rings and
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The east and north end of the island was used as a starting point for various polar explorations.
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in 1988, and the name was changed to Quttinirpaaq in 1999, when Nunavut was created, and became a
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region, which has a milder climate than the surrounding ice cap-covered mountains and valleys.
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From Far and Wide returns: nine more stamps celebrating coast-to-coast-to-coast splendor
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In 2004, the park was one of nine sites added to Canada's tentative list of potential
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in 2000. The reserve covers 37,775 km (14,585 sq mi), making it the
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Stewart, Emma J.; Howell, S. E. L.; Draper, D.; Yackel, J.; Tivy, A. (2008).
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Cruise tourism in a warming Arctic: Implications for northern National Parks
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Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada (2019-05-06).
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population as well. Other animal inhabitants include
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Index

IUCN category
national park

Map showing the location of Quttinirpaaq National Park
Canada
Map showing the location of Quttinirpaaq National Park
Nunavut
Resolute
82°13â€ČN 072°13â€ČW / 82.217°N 72.217°W / 82.217; -72.217 (Quttinirpaaq National Park)
Parks Canada
Quttinirpaaq National Park
Ellesmere Island
Qikiqtaaluk Region
Nunavut
Northeast Greenland National Park
Inuktitut
national park
second largest park in Canada
Wood Buffalo National Park
polar environment
polar desert
ice caps
last episode of glaciation
Barbeau Peak
Arctic Cordillera
Arctic hares
lemmings
muskoxen
Arctic wolves
Peary caribou

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