Oct 18, 2024
An iceberg floats in Ungava Bay off Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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An iceberg floats in Ungava Bay off Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada.
Akpatok, Nunavut, is one of 94 major islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
A polar bear ranges across the treeless tundra atop the 250-meter cliffs of Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada, in search of seabird nests.
Cliffs up to 300 meters high surround Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada.
A polar bear on the lookout for seals and walrus patrols the base of the cliffs of Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada.
A ravine cuts into the Ordovician limestone cliffs of Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada.
The Inuit abandoned Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada, in 1900 and relocated to Kangirsuk on the Quebec mainland. Stories of cannibalism on early Akpatok persist to this day and one recent visitor reported finding many human skulls in a cave on the island.
Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada, is most famous for its seabird colonies. As much as nine percent of the North Atlantic thick-billed murre population nests here.