King William Island, Nunavut

NASA Landsat satellite image of King William Island

King William Island is a Canadian Arctic island, in the Nunavut Territory. It has an area of 5,062 square miles (13,111 km²), making it the 60th largest island in the world. Its population, as of 2001, was 960. Image File history File links Nunavut Territory, highlighting King William Island Created and uploaded by Keith Edkins File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Nunavut Territory, highlighting King William Island Created and uploaded by Keith Edkins File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x948, 2101 KB) Summary King William Island in Nunavut, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x948, 2101 KB) Summary King William Island in Nunavut, Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search NASA Logo Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-01, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acqusition of imagery of Earth from space. ... Reference map of Canadian arctic islands. ... Motto: Nunavut Sannginivut (Inuktitut, Nunavut our strength / Our land our strength) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Iqaluit Largest city Iqaluit Commissioner Ann Meekitjuk Hanson Premier Paul Okalik (independent) Area 2,093,190 km² (1st) Land 1,936,113 km² Water 157,077 km² (7. ... This is a list of islands in the world ordered by area. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

To the east it is separated from the Boothia peninsula by the James Ross Straight and the Rae Straight. To the west is the Victoria Straight and beyond it Victoria Island. Beyond the Simpson Straight to the south is the Adelaide Penninsula, and the Queen Maud Gulf lies to the southwest. Boothia and Melville peninsulas, Nunavut Territory, Canada The Boothia Peninsula is a large peninsula in the Canadian Arctic. ... Jump to: navigation, search NASA Landsat image of the straight. ... Victoria Island, NWT and Nunavut. ...

The island, long occupied by Inuit people, was named for the reigning British King William IV in 1830 by John Ross. A number of other polar explorers, while searching for the Northwest Passage, overwintered at King William Island. John Franklin's expedition was stranded in the sea ice northwest of the island; two of Franklin's men are buried at Hall Point on the island's south coast. The island is known for its large populations of caribou who summer there, before walking south over the sea ice in the autumn. Inuit woman Inuit (Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, singular Inuk or Inuq / ᐃᓄᒃ) is a general term for a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic coasts of Alaska, the eastern islands of the Canadian Arctic, Labrador, and the ice-free coasts of Greenland. ... William IV ( William Henry )( 21 August 1765–20 June 1837 ) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Engraving of Ross Sir John Ross (June 24, 1777 – August 30, 1856) was a British rear admiral and Arctic explorer. ... Popular Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian archipelago This article describes the route through the Canadian Arctic. ... Sir John Franklin, FRGS (April 15, 1786 – June 11, 1847) was an English sea captain and Arctic explorer, whose fate — and that of his last expedition — was for many years a mystery. ... Binomial name Rangifer tarandus The reindeer, known as caribou in North America, is an Arctic-dwelling deer (Rangifer tarandus). ...

In 1903 explorer Roald Amundsen, also looking for the North West passage, sailed through the James Ross Straight and stopped at a natural harbour on the islands south coast. There, unable to proceed due to sea ice, he spent the winters of 1903-4 and 1904-5. There he learned the arctic living skills from the local Netsilik people that were later to be invaluable in his Antarctic explorations. He used his ship Gjøa as a base for explorations in the summer of 1904, sledding the Boothia Peninsula and travelling to the magnetic north pole. Amundsen finally left, after 22 months on the island, in August 1905. The harbour where he lived is now the island's largest settlement, Gjoa Haven. 1903 has the latest occurring solstices and equinoxes for 400 years, because the Gregorian calendar hasnt had a leap year for seven years or a century leap year since 1600. ... Roald Amundsen Roald GonnaEatYouUpAndFart (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of fart regions. ... Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... Gjøa was the first vessel to transit the Northwest Passage. ... This is about the geographic meaning of North Pole. ... Gjoa Haven (Usqsuqtuuq, in Inuktitut) Named after Roald Amundsens boat, the Gjøa. ...

References

• Roland Huntford, The Last Place on Earth, ISBN 0-349-11395-5