• as skræling. According to the ancient sagas, the Norse considered the natives hostile because they were repeatedly attacked by them. Skraeling Island is...
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    Skræling (Old Norse and Icelandic: skrælingi, plural skrælingjar) is the name the Norse Greenlanders used for the peoples they encountered in North America...
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    Leopold Island, NU) ^map 76 Jenny Lind, 68°43′N 101°58′W / 68.717°N 101.967°W / 68.717; -101.967 (Jenny Lind Island, NU) ^map 77 Skraeling, 78°55′N...
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    together) islands that are Important Bird Area (#NU049) and a Key Migratory Bird Terrestrial Habitat site (NU site 5) and Skraeling Island (78°54′42″N...
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    Margaret Island Nookap Island Norman Lockyer Island Patterson Island Philpots Island Pim Island Pioneer Island Princess Royal Island Skraeling Island Spit...
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    Norwegian Vikings sailed as far north and west as Ellesmere Island, Skraeling Island and Ruin Island for hunting expeditions and trading with the Inuit and...
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    province of Newfoundland. Indigenous people like the Beothuk (known as the Skræling in Greenlandic Norse), and Innu were the first inhabitants of Newfoundland...
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    Regular activity from Greenland extended to Ellesmere Island, Skraeling Island and Ruin Island for hunting and trading with Inuit groups. A short-lived...
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    Helluland (category Baffin Island)
    in Greenland. L'Anse aux Meadows Norse colonization of the Americas Skraeling Island National Museum of Natural History, Arctic Studies Center. Vikings:...
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    Kalaallisut, known in English as Greenlandic. Probably adapted from the name Skræling, Kalaallit historically referred specifically to Western Greenlanders....
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    Devon Island (Inuktitut: ᑕᓪᓗᕈᑎᑦ, Tallurutit) is an island in Canada and the largest uninhabited island (no permanent residents) in the world. It is located...
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    two autonomous territories within the Kingdom, the other being the Faroe Islands; the citizens of both territories are full citizens of Denmark. As Greenland...
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    Hans Island (Inuktitut and Greenlandic: Tartupaluk, lit. 'kidney shaped'; Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᕐᑐᐸᓗᒃ; Danish: Hans Ø; French: île Hans) is an island in...
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    Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world...
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  • Beechey Island (Inuktitut: Iluvialuit) is an island located in the Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada, in Wellington Channel. It is separated from...
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    main islands of the group are Axel Heiberg Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Cornwall Island,[citation needed] Graham Island,[citation...
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    the islands that are named in the Queen Elizabeth Islands. They are divided into two major island groups: the Parry Islands and the Sverdrup Islands. The...
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  • features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter S. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...
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    Ellesmere Island (Inuktitut: ᐅᒥᖕᒪᒃ ᓄᓇ, romanized: Umingmak Nuna, lit. 'land of muskoxen'; French: île d'Ellesmere) is Canada's northernmost and third largest...
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    Island (Inuktitut Kuuganajuk) is a large, uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago, that is part of the Canadian territory of Nunavut. The island...
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    Kugong Island, Tukarak Island, and Innetalling Island. Other main islands in the 1,500–island archipelago are Moore Island, Wiegand Island, Split Island, Snape...
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    Bathurst Island is one of the Queen Elizabeth Islands in Nunavut, Canada. It is a member of the Arctic Archipelago. The area of the island is estimated...
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  • journalist Iskwewak Kah Yaw Ni Wahkomakanak Milton Acorn 1923 1986 poet The Island Means Minago José Acquelin 1956 poet Anarchie de la lumière, L'Oiseau respirable...
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    Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in...
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    Amund Ringnes Island is an uninhabited island and one of the Sverdrup Islands and Queen Elizabeth Islands in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada....
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    274 sq mi), it is the 33rd largest island in the world and Canada's eighth largest island. Mountains on Melville Island, some of the largest in the western...
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    Meighen Island is an uninhabited member of the Queen Elizabeth Islands, part of the Arctic Archipelago, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. Located...
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  • Gatter Island is an uninhabited island within Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. An island within an island, it is located in Lake Hazen on Ellesmere...
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    Prince of Wales Island (French: Île du Prince-de-Galles) is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada. One of the larger members of the Arctic Archipelago, it...
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    as they pass Markland, they encounter five Skraelings (three adults and two children). The adult Skraelings disappear into the earth, while the children...
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