Breaking sea ice on the West Coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada
Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is 507,451 km2) and its population is about 11,000 (2007 estimate). Named after English explorer William Baffin, it is likely that the island was known to Pre-Columbian Norse explorers from Greenland and Iceland and may be the location of Helluland, spoken of in the Icelandic sagas (the Grœnlendinga saga and the Saga of Erik the Red, Eirik Raudes saga).
Year: 2013
From album: Canada and the Arctic Council
Photographer: Peter Prokosch