GEO 605 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: 60Th United States Congress, Tax Deduction, September Equinox
4 Feb 2013
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Canadians perceive the north in two ways: as a resource frontier or as an aboriginal homeland. Could refer to the cold environment, where permafrost is commonly found, where ice covers the arctic ocean for most of the year, and where winter nights are long and cold. Could refer to homeland definition, where those born and raised in the north have a special, deeper commitment to that place. In geographic sense, north is defined as consisting of two biomes: the arctic and subarctic. Southern edge corresponds to the southern limit of permafrost, indicating the interrelationship of climate, natural vegetation, and permafrost: arctic exists in the three territories and in four provinces (qc, nfl, on, ma) Subarctic occurs in all seven provinces with a northern landscape and two territories (nwt, yt) The north has the coldest environment in canada, with permafrost abounding and the polar ice pack covering much of the.
