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Nunavut, Canada's true Arctic, is by definition a desert. Some 2,000,000 square kilometres of land and sea will be frozen and white for at least half of the year and will explode in colour and life under 24 hours of sunlight in the short summer. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The climate is very dry and cold. The mean annual temperature ranges from -17oC in the northern islands to -11oC in northern Quebec. The winter although dark and cold is for sky watchers with millions of stars and northern lights so close you feel you can reach out and touch them. The mean winter temperature ranges from -31�C in the north to -20�C in nothern Quebec with the snow crunching under your cross-country skis. In the summer where mosquitoes compete with dust to irritate you, the fireweed, arctic heather and rhododendrons will keep your camera clicking. The mean temperature ranges from -1.5�C in the north to 4�C in the south. The mean annual precipitation ranges 100-200 mm, the lowest in Canada. Snow may fall any month of the year and usually persists on the ground for at least 10 months (September to June). | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The musk-ox, caribou and floe edge sea life will be sure to require extra trips to the store for more film. | The bug jacket over your T-shirt will be as important as the light down jacket and boots for the possible snow flurry. Always changing, always unexpected, the Arctic can be both a challenge and the fulfilment of a dream.
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