The Inuit settlement of Grise Fiord (pop. 163), in the territory of Nunavut, was the northernmost permanent settlement of Canada and the world for a long time. It is located at the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, and is one of three permanent settlements on the island. Grise Fiord lies 720 miles above the Arctic Circle. Grise Fiord was eclipsed by Alert as the worlds northernmost community when Environment Canada and the Canadian Forces began station permanent personnell there.
Grise Fiord's Inuit name is "Aujuittuq" which means "place that never thaws." Grise Fiord means "pig fiord" in Norwegian.
Other settlements: Alert, Eureka.
External links
Community Demographics (http://broadband.gc.ca/demographic_servlet/community_demographics/7144)
Personal travel log with many photos (http://www.arcticcircle.ca/Baffin/Grise/)
Nunavut is bordered by Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea to the east, Manitoba and Saskatchewan to the south, and the Northwest Territories on the west.
GriseFord, the northernmost city, (population less than 150) lies north of the Arctic Circle.
Although the Nunavut government faces many challenges with high unemployment, low educational levels and little infrastructure, the Nunavut land claims settlement, one of the most comprehensive and innovative land claims between an aborigine group and a state, gives the Inuit control over their economic, political, and cultural future.
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