Geography 2010A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Primary Sector Of The Economy, Carbon Price, Potash
17 Apr 2018
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European explorers: in 1575, martin frobisher reached baffin island while searching for a route to asia. The northwest passage: from the time of frobisher"s expedition, many european explorers continued searching for a continuous passage to asia through the region, today, this waterway is referred to as the northwest passage. Fur trade (1900: demand rose for the arctic fox pelt in europe in the early 1900s and this led to the establishment of trading posts in the region. It was seen as necessary to protect them from the hardships of living on the land. Concentrating people in settlements allowed the federal government to provide them with services efficiently: positive impacts for inuit: Access to medical services (a doctor will fly in every so often - not actually living there) Public education (small schoolhouse: negative impacts for inuit: Social issues related to poverty and unemployment (lack of jobs in the settlements - no economic base, no good paying jobs)
