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I lived there for a year in around 2010-2011 but was in Nunavut for almost 4 years. I remember running on the road to nowhere as a kid during Terry Fox Runs-those days were definitely interesting! Nunavut really is its own place. The swimming pool was always something else, and Polar Man was kinda odd, but memorable. I still remember when Tim Hortons opened there for the first time-it was the biggest thing in town. The tides were insane; if you walked too far out, you’d turn around, and the water would be right at your feet. And in Grade 5, they brought in a seal at Trois Soleils for a cultural event, and we got to watch it being cut up. That was around 2011 or so. The soapstone carvings were absolutely crazy-so detailed and unique. But one thing I learned quickly: just don’t pet the dogs! One thing to remember is that Nunavut can often feel third-world compared to the rest of Canada, and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. If you go there, be careful around Murder Hill near the House of the Three Faces in Iqaluit-it’s not for the faint of heart either. Being the only white kid on a bus full of Inuit was terrifying sometimes-they didn’t always like you. But honestly, I never had any major issues. Those were interesting times that really shaped how I see the world.
One of my favorite activities is just scrolling around in google earth, finding interesting places I've never seen or heard of, and then binging on Wikipedia and TH-cam learning about them. This brought me to your video, thanks!
Stewart Island NZ would be right up your alley. I back packed it for 14 days in 1987. I lost 15 lbs. Inexperience caused me to not pack enough food, nor the right food and underestimate the difficulty of the hike with a 75lb pack. My girlfriend breaking in new hiking boots suffered skinned heels on first day and was miserable for the duration. Two German policeman that we met on the trail brought only a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter and jelly and not much else and talked about food mostly for 10 days. Traveled thru several climate zones....lush fern filled jungle, beech forests, vast sand dunes. Relative calm on the leeward and gale force winds on the windward side. Mud, rain, wind, and one sunny warm day. I ended up wearing some abandoned boots I found in a hut when mine failed. They fit!
I find myself fascinated by these kinds of isolated places. Someday, I may get to some of them. I live in Washington State, and would love to see some of our more isolated places shown on videos like this. Lake Chelan, northeast of Seattle is one of those places. So are Metaline Falls and Ione, up in the northeastern corner of Washington. How about some videos covering them, too? Thank you.
Always love when in the pub in Vancouver people sing about “the true North strong free” while majority has not been even close to the northern territories. I would love to visit this area.
@@otto.kretschmer When I was quite young, we lived in a northern Quebec mining town and I loved it. For the adults, not so much because there was no radio, no TV, no hospital, no doctor, no dentist, no drug store, no road to the town...for kids it was amazing. For our parents, not so much. I would love to visit Baffin Island, Nunavut, Yellowknife, etc, drive the Dempster and canoe in Nahanni but I simply can't afford any of it.
Spent decades flying on and across Baffin Island including 2 walking hikes up the Pang pass which I flew through many times, dark season can be tough but incredible beauty!
Don't really know how I got here with the TH-cam algorithm, but great video. Super succinct, and interesting. Baffin is my next big travel plan after doing several solo trips across Central Europe, Iceland, and the Canadian Rockies. Going to hurt my wallet, but what's the wallet for if not crazy, unforgettable things like 3 weeks on Baffin, right?
And Mount Asgard was the site of what many hail as the greatest stunt of any Bond film, when in the opening scene of "The Spy Who Loved Me" he skis right off the edge of a seemingly bottomless cliff to escape the baddies giving chase, only to open his Union Jack parachute just in time to make it gently to the ground. This stunt spectacularly got carried in one shot, and even the stuntman said he wouldn't do it again.
I enjoyed this video! It pulled me in and I was surprised when it was over; I would have enjoyed more. I also have to say that you did a great job for a first video - keep it up! 😎👍
From Canada: I lived in the community of Arctic Bay on the northern part of Baffin Island. When Nunavut became a reality, the people of Arctic Bay chose to retain its anglicized name. Its Inuktut name is Ipajuak, meaning closed bay. Thank you for this video. Would ask that you feature the north Baffin communities of Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet.
The image at 2:48 is of Mount Odin in British Columbia, not The Mount Odin on Baffin Island. As at least one other commenter noted, the trees pretty clearly indicate that this is not Baffin Island.
Yes . That should be apparent since Baffin is completely north of the Tree Line and that photo clearly shows trees . But as he explained it's his first post and I'm sure he'll learn to catch these mistakes .
sadly at the rate of climate change, it's already starting to happen. Also in my province Manitoba, the polar bears are coming closer to human populated areas due to food insecurity and melting ice caps, really sad.
Very nice video but the picture you used to show Mount Odin is not right (at 2:49 ), there is no tree on Baffin Island. This one is from Mount Odin B.C. Same at 4:05 it cannot be from Baffin.
They drove away the Vikings, must be seriously well organized and skilled people. I saw a demonstration of their culture when Capt Bob Bartlett sailed there on the Moressey Schooner in the 1940s.
Like the one at 2:48, the image at 4:48 is not Baffin Island. A quick check of the photo credit for this image shows that it was taken by one Tech. Sgt. Dan Rea, U.S. Air Force, while on a six-day dogsled excursion out of Thule Airbase. . . In Greenland. The confusion comes from the fact that the photograph was taken on the shores of Baffin Bay, in Greenland.
I only know of Baffin Bay through the English folk song 'Lord Franklin', where it gets mentioned. The song is about Sir John Franklin, who tried to find a trade route. You can hear the English folk group ' PENTANGLE' singing the song from the album 'Cruel Sister'. It is worth your listening.
Beautiful place and great video. It’s inspired me to get Canadian parliamentarians to take a restful vacation there. Preferably in late October. And no fraternizing with the native population. 😅
And they just keep coming. Photo at 4:03, not Baffin Island: U.S. Army paratroopers with Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, set up a M119 105 mm howitzer at Malemute Drop Zone while conducting an airborne forced entry operation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 16, 2019.
It's crazy that all of Hudson Bay is below the Arctic Circle, but even the extreme southern part, like James Bay, is practically uninhabited polar bear country!
Great job on your first video. I learned a lot. The audio and imgs are high quality. One thing I'd say is slow down on the transition between subjects. I subscribed to keep up to date with your channel
I am a Canadian but didn't know much about Baffin island but for its name and approx location. Thank you so much for the video! If you haven't done already would like to know more about the Galapagos islands.
lived in Pond Inlet, way up at the top of Baffin Island for about two years. Beautiful place, Cold as hell in winter, but so cold there's no moisture in the air, so doesn't;t actually seem as cold as the thermometer says, though the windchill can be unbelievable. I saw -62C in an unheated garage once up there. When it's calm outside in the winter and you breath out you have to wave the cloud of your breath away so you can see in front of you. Also, you keep showing pictures with trees in them, there are no trees in Nunavut, well none like in the pictures you were showing.
I'm a bit confused. At 2:51 you're showing trees covering mountains. Likewise, at 4:04 you're depicting life on the island with paved roads, power lines, trees, and crop fields. All the northern hemisphere tree line maps I've looked at show the southern part of the island well north of where trees stop growing.
Thanks for watching! If you enjoyed this video, check out this other video I made about South America's Tepuis - The Islands in the Sky🙏th-cam.com/video/IJFT_F6XowI/w-d-xo.html
oh, Tepuis, yeah that one was a good one too!
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I lived there for a year in around 2010-2011 but was in Nunavut for almost 4 years.
I remember running on the road to nowhere as a kid during Terry Fox Runs-those days were definitely interesting! Nunavut really is its own place. The swimming pool was always something else, and Polar Man was kinda odd, but memorable. I still remember when Tim Hortons opened there for the first time-it was the biggest thing in town. The tides were insane; if you walked too far out, you’d turn around, and the water would be right at your feet. And in Grade 5, they brought in a seal at Trois Soleils for a cultural event, and we got to watch it being cut up. That was around 2011 or so.
The soapstone carvings were absolutely crazy-so detailed and unique. But one thing I learned quickly: just don’t pet the dogs! One thing to remember is that Nunavut can often feel third-world compared to the rest of Canada, and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart. If you go there, be careful around Murder Hill near the House of the Three Faces in Iqaluit-it’s not for the faint of heart either. Being the only white kid on a bus full of Inuit was terrifying sometimes-they didn’t always like you. But honestly, I never had any major issues. Those were interesting times that really shaped how I see the world.
One of my favorite activities is just scrolling around in google earth, finding interesting places I've never seen or heard of, and then binging on Wikipedia and TH-cam learning about them. This brought me to your video, thanks!
Nice hobby 😎
This is so cool, I thought I was the only one. Geography is so intriguing. Such a diversified planet we inhabit!!! 😊
same here lol
Same, I literally just did that
Same here
I was born here but canada is still so..mysterious.
I'm from middle east and I'm coming here soon for work but I'm hesitat abou it, its very very cold 🥶 I wish life there is easy. How's life there ?
@@khaled-ds6yoit's really nice in my experience!
@@khaled-ds6yo how are you surviving so far.
@@khaled-ds6yo stay in the desert
@@wildearth3992 get out of Canada
Stewart Island NZ would be right up your alley. I back packed it for 14 days in 1987. I lost 15 lbs. Inexperience caused me to not pack enough food, nor the right food and underestimate the difficulty of the hike with a 75lb pack. My girlfriend breaking in new hiking boots suffered skinned heels on first day and was miserable for the duration. Two German policeman that we met on the trail brought only a loaf of bread, a jar of peanut butter and jelly and not much else and talked about food mostly for 10 days. Traveled thru several climate zones....lush fern filled jungle, beech forests, vast sand dunes. Relative calm on the leeward and gale force winds on the windward side. Mud, rain, wind, and one sunny warm day. I ended up wearing some abandoned boots I found in a hut when mine failed. They fit!
Just covered Stewart Island a few weeks back in my Wrestler Unstoppable promotion's tour of New Zealand. Learned so much as a whole.
you my friend, are a certified idiot. no woman should be with you.
That island is very interesting to me.
I find myself fascinated by these kinds of isolated places. Someday, I may get to some of them. I live in Washington State, and would love to see some of our more isolated places shown on videos like this. Lake Chelan, northeast of Seattle is one of those places. So are Metaline Falls and Ione, up in the northeastern corner of Washington. How about some videos covering them, too? Thank you.
If I could afford it, I’d spend a few years travelling our far north. Canada is an incredibly beautiful country.
Geographically, yes. As for the rest, it’s not anymore.
@ Yes, Jagmeet and Justin have ruined our beloved country.
@ Yup.
Always love when in the pub in Vancouver people sing about “the true North strong free” while majority has not been even close to the northern territories. I would love to visit this area.
@@otto.kretschmer When I was quite young, we lived in a northern Quebec mining town and I loved it. For the adults, not so much because there was no radio, no TV, no hospital, no doctor, no dentist, no drug store, no road to the town...for kids it was amazing. For our parents, not so much. I would love to visit Baffin Island, Nunavut, Yellowknife, etc, drive the Dempster and canoe in Nahanni but I simply can't afford any of it.
Good vid. Geography, fact, and distinctive details instead of the flight in, a pizzeria & shopping!
Fantastic video. Great narration and extraordinary photographs and video. Loved ❤ it.
excellent video, this is the only way I am able to visit fascinating places like this.
Thank you so much!
And lol me too. I spend alot of time researching all the incredible places I'd love to visit some day.
Definelty cool to find someone who doesn’t explain the Arctic in a super complicated way I would honestly like to see Spitsbergen next
Thanks for your input! I'll look into it!
Spitzbergen
Thank you, very interesting, I'm a Canadian from central Ontario
Otherwise known as "Northern Ontario' to those in Toronto.
Thank you for your posting. Fascinating. I am British but live in Peru.
Thank you for well made and very interesting video!!!
Amazing video deserves more praise and views
Spent decades flying on and across Baffin Island including 2 walking hikes up the Pang pass which I flew through many times, dark season can be tough but incredible beauty!
Very interesting and informative video!!! Beautiful and breathtaking views, Thank You ❤️☺️
Good video mate, well edited
Thanks John!
Good job, I have never heard much of this island before. Greetings from Finland.
Greetings my Finnish friend. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Moika! I used to live in Turku, then Texas, now Utah! I hope to return to Finland for a visit one day!
@@Dr.Johnboy Moi
Greetings from the Pangnirtung. Where you can take a boat from here to the park.
Wow. Really good video and Info! I'm impressed. Joining now. Thanks!
Amazing video brother. Really enjoyed it. Left me in a state of wonder.
Good job. Keep the videos coming.
Awesome video, short and to the point with lots of amazing pictures. Subscribed
Great job! Fantastic research and stats! 🇨🇦
Wonderful
Wow this was great. Thank you.
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed!
Nice.
Wow! That was a really cool and fascinating video! I really enjoyed that :) thank you very much
great video truly enjoyable!!
Good video ❤
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Don't really know how I got here with the TH-cam algorithm, but great video. Super succinct, and interesting. Baffin is my next big travel plan after doing several solo trips across Central Europe, Iceland, and the Canadian Rockies. Going to hurt my wallet, but what's the wallet for if not crazy, unforgettable things like 3 weeks on Baffin, right?
Interesting video. Watching from Nova Scotia/New Hampshire
From Canada,Goodluck with this channel.I love this kind of content
good stuff
enjoyed the video,island look awe,as i lived on island called uk
Great video...looking for an ideal place to live in 2022!
Great video
Cheers Mr Rage boy👊
Bro this was exactly what I was looking for. Super informative. Keep it up my man!
Beautiful place, beautiful people!
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And Mount Asgard was the site of what many hail as the greatest stunt of any Bond film, when in the opening scene of "The Spy Who Loved Me" he skis right off the edge of a seemingly bottomless cliff to escape the baddies giving chase, only to open his Union Jack parachute just in time to make it gently to the ground. This stunt spectacularly got carried in one shot, and even the stuntman said he wouldn't do it again.
Thank you. Wonderful documentary. Please make more.
Great video thank you
I enjoyed this video! It pulled me in and I was surprised when it was over; I would have enjoyed more. I also have to say that you did a great job for a first video - keep it up! 😎👍
this is a very concise and informative video
From Canada: I lived in the community of Arctic Bay on the northern part of Baffin Island. When Nunavut became a reality, the people of Arctic Bay chose to retain its anglicized name. Its Inuktut name is Ipajuak, meaning closed bay. Thank you for this video. Would ask that you feature the north Baffin communities of Arctic Bay and Pond Inlet.
Thanks good stuff Bud😊
The image at 2:48 is of Mount Odin in British Columbia, not The Mount Odin on Baffin Island. As at least one other commenter noted, the trees pretty clearly indicate that this is not Baffin Island.
Yes . That should be apparent since Baffin is completely north of the Tree Line and that photo clearly shows trees . But as he explained it's his first post and I'm sure he'll learn to catch these mistakes .
Beautiful ❤
Thanks. Excellent.
Good story, thanks!
Awesome video! I’m from Alberta, Canada. You should do a video on the Mackenzie River!
I was in the Mackenzie River Canoe Race in 1970. Paddled for Yellowknife.
Great video! I saw baffin island for the first time while on a, flight from London to Seattle. Spectacular!
Thank you!
And that's awesome. Lucky you!
I've always wanted to see the eskimos. Baffin Island looks cool!
Just imagine the untold number of fossils from undescribed animals buried in the northern islands.
omg it would be incredible if there was even some sort of discoverie!
sadly at the rate of climate change, it's already starting to happen. Also in my province Manitoba, the polar bears are coming closer to human populated areas due to food insecurity and melting ice caps, really sad.
I was there in 2013 for a couple of days truly awesome
very interadasting
Very nice video but the picture you used to show Mount Odin is not right (at 2:49 ), there is no tree on Baffin Island. This one is from Mount Odin B.C. Same at 4:05 it cannot be from Baffin.
There's actually a few groves of small willow trees growing on the south end on the island.
I did the same check. I would be surprised if it wasn't the Kooteney Mount Odin.
Also 500,000 miles is not an area. I'm assuming you mean square miles.
Love the video! You forgot about Narwhals though!
Hi, can you please do an episode on Canada's Ellesmere Island too? 😉
Great video! Look up base jumping in Baffin island, it lead me here, wanting to know more about Baffin.
Such a beautiful and isolated place. I'd love to visit one day. Kudos to the indigenous population for keeping their way of life going!
if you ever wanna see some polar bears and beautiful northern lights, come to Churchill in Manitoba!
i liked your video iam from nl canada
Wow , never thought that humans still lives on this remote regions of earth.
good video man
The great Nahanni river !
They drove away the Vikings, must be seriously well organized and skilled people. I saw a demonstration of their culture when Capt Bob Bartlett sailed there on the Moressey Schooner in the 1940s.
Can you cover Newfoundland? Btw your comtent is great
Never been there - and never ever will go there -' too cold !! But I am sure for natural beauty !! Wow - enjoy 😮
great introduction to Baffin Island, It helps read "Arctic Dreams" by Barry Lopez
Thanks for a short video. So many sites have laboriously long videos
‘….traditional hunting ground..…’
Glad to see they were using traditional rifle, traditional outboard motor, and traditional aluminum boat…..
Like the one at 2:48, the image at 4:48 is not Baffin Island. A quick check of the photo credit for this image shows that it was taken by one Tech. Sgt. Dan Rea, U.S. Air Force, while on a six-day dogsled excursion out of Thule Airbase. . . In Greenland. The confusion comes from the fact that the photograph was taken on the shores of Baffin Bay, in Greenland.
I only know of Baffin Bay through the English folk song 'Lord Franklin', where it gets mentioned. The song is about Sir John Franklin, who tried to find a trade route. You can hear the English folk group ' PENTANGLE' singing the song from the album 'Cruel Sister'. It is worth your listening.
great video. live in US but born in Sao Paulo Brazil
Beautiful place and great video. It’s inspired me to get Canadian parliamentarians to take a restful vacation there. Preferably in late October. And no fraternizing with the native population. 😅
Hi I am watching from India 🇮🇳
I enjoyed your video very much can you cover More Of Canada
Dope
Little known fact is there are no trees on baffin island unlike the stock image at 2:48
Hey good vid (: love from britian
subbed, love this style. Do one of the Hawaiian Islands!
Good job :)
Dude Awesome video!! have you been there??
Thank you so much!
No, I havent been there unfortunately. I hope to go one day though!
great video...another place added to my list..that i will never be able to visit🥴🤣
😂😂😂
good video It is amazing place if you get a chance to go.
I've flown over the lengh of the island, would love to set foot on it!
And they just keep coming. Photo at 4:03, not Baffin Island: U.S. Army paratroopers with Bravo Battery, 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, U.S. Army Alaska, set up a M119 105 mm howitzer at Malemute Drop Zone while conducting an airborne forced entry operation at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 16, 2019.
Jesus, does US militarism have to crop up in every single comments section on the entire internet?
As a Canadian I'm always happy to learn more about the Great White North 🤠🍁
It's crazy that all of Hudson Bay is below the Arctic Circle, but even the extreme southern part, like James Bay, is practically uninhabited polar bear country!
I live in Warsaw, Poland. Would be nice to see videos about other islands.
Great job on your first video. I learned a lot. The audio and imgs are high quality. One thing I'd say is slow down on the transition between subjects. I subscribed to keep up to date with your channel
Hey thank you so much. I appreciate the kind words and advice alot!
Treygunnz1 slower? Lol
I am a Canadian but didn't know much about Baffin island but for its name and approx location. Thank you so much for the video! If you haven't done already would like to know more about the Galapagos islands.
👋 waves from Australia, the worlds largest island 😁
lived in Pond Inlet, way up at the top of Baffin Island for about two years. Beautiful place, Cold as hell in winter, but so cold there's no moisture in the air, so doesn't;t actually seem as cold as the thermometer says, though the windchill can be unbelievable. I saw -62C in an unheated garage once up there. When it's calm outside in the winter and you breath out you have to wave the cloud of your breath away so you can see in front of you.
Also, you keep showing pictures with trees in them, there are no trees in Nunavut, well none like in the pictures you were showing.
Little known fact: Baffin Island is slightly larger than California.
have a look at wales,, u.k
plenty of wild land there...
Please make a video of Ellesmere Island, if you haven’t already done so!
I'm a bit confused. At 2:51 you're showing trees covering mountains. Likewise, at 4:04 you're depicting life on the island with paved roads, power lines, trees, and crop fields. All the northern hemisphere tree line maps I've looked at show the southern part of the island well north of where trees stop growing.