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Grise Fiord (/ ɡ r iː z f i ˈ ɔːr d /; Inuktitut: ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ, romanized: Aujuittuq, lit. 'place that never thaws') is an Inuit hamlet on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.
Located at the southern tip of Ellesmere Island, Grise Fiord lies 1,160 km (720 mi) north of the Arctic Circle. Grise Fiord is the northernmost civilian settlement in Canada. It is also one of the coldest inhabited places in the world, with an average yearly temperature of −16.5 °C (2.3 °F).
Grise Fiord [1] is a fjord on Ellesmere Island, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Grise Fiord means "pig inlet" in Norwegian. Grise Fiord means "pig inlet" in Norwegian. Otto Sverdrup from Norway named it so during an expedition around 1900 because he thought the walrus in the area sounded like pigs.
In August 1953, seven or eight families from Inukjuak, Nunavik (northern Quebec) (then known as Port Harrison) were transported to Grise Fiord on the southern tip of Ellesmere Island and to Resolute on Cornwallis Island. [3] [5] [6] The group included the family of writer Markoosie Patsauq. [7]
Grise Fiord: Aujuittuq [13] ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ place that never thaws [13] Qikiqtaaluk Region: 144 129 +11.6 Igloolik: Iglulik ᐃᒡᓗᓕᒃ place of iglus [14] a: Qikiqtaaluk Region: 2,049 1,744 +17.5
The Indigenous population at Grise Fiord, Canada's most northerly public community, located on southern Ellesmere island (approximately 100 km (62 mi) away), harvest much of their food from the sea, relying heavily on marine animals in the Nirjutiqavvik National Wildlife Area. [4]
Eureka, about 170 km (110 mi) to the northwest, is a weather station and staging point for scientific expeditions and for other visitors to Ellesmere Island and the Qikiqtaaluk Region. Grise Fiord is an Inuit community, located about 250 km (160 mi) to the south, also on Ellesmere Island. A parcel of land located south of the head of Strathcona ...
'place with no dawn' [7]) is an Inuit hamlet on Cornwallis Island in Nunavut, Canada. It is at the northern end of Resolute Bay and the Northwest Passage and is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region . Resolute is one of Canada's northernmost communities and is second only to Grise Fiord on Ellesmere Island ( Alert and Eureka are more northerly but are ...