Sachgebiete

Beschreibung:

Qu.-8°. 102 S.; illustriert. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

Bemerkung:

Sehr gutes Ex. - Englisch. französisch. - Iqaluit, formerly known as Frobisher Bay, is situated at latitude 63° North, 2,000 km north of Montreal, 2,200 km east of Yellowknife and 800 km west of Nuuk, Greenland. Located at the northeast head of Frobisher Bay, the town occupies an area long used by Inuit and their ancestors. Today it is the administrative centre of the Baffin Region and the largest community in Canada's Eastern Arctic. // Iqaluit today, serving as the gateway to the Baffin Region in Canada's North, is now a mesh of Inuit tradition and southern technology, giving the community its attractive cross-cultural personality. This brief collection of pictures, taken by an amateur photographer, provides a snapshot of the sights and experiences to be found in Iqaluit and in the vast northern region that it serves. It can also be seen as an invitation to sample more of the uniqueness of the Canadian Eastern Arctic. (Verlagstext) // Iqaluit ist die Hauptstadt des seit 1. April 1999 bestehenden kanadischen Territoriums Nunavut und zugleich Verwaltungssitz der Region Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin). Die Stadt hat 6.699 (Stand: 2011) Einwohner (davon knapp 85 % Inuit) und wurde 2001 in den Rang einer ville bzw. city erhoben. Das Inuktitut-Wort Iqaluit bedeutet ?Ort mit viel Fisch?. ISBN 1550364529