The Nunavut Territory covers one-fifth of Canada, and stretches from Ellesmere Island (off Greenland's north coast) to a border that runs north from the Saskatchewan/Manitoba border. The mainland portion of the territory is untouched wilderness, and the northern tundra changes into cliffs and plateaux along the Northwest Passage. To the north and east, the Arctic Islands are surrounded by pack ice for most of the year and the region extends to the glaciers, jagged mountains, and fjords of the eastern shores of Baffin and Ellesmere Islands.

The landscape is covered by tundra, rock, snow, and ice. The capital, and largest town, is Iqaluit. Iqaluit is located on Baffin Island at Frobisher Bay. Nunavut covers 1,994,000 square kilometers and has a population of 27 500 people. Out of that number, 90% is Inuit.

Due to the great land that Nunavut encompasses, there are great variations in weather. Winters can be severe - the northernmost community of Grise Fiord often has a January temperature of -35ºC and a July high of only 10ºC. Summers are milder, but the temperature can(and often does) drop suddenly.

There are few benefits to living in such a cold and frigid clim

But this plan is so relatively new, Nunavut doesn't know if it can work; just because a location is windy, it doesn't mean that the climate can sustain a wind that could produce energy at a cost-effective rate. Therefore, there is still much experimentation to be done.

ate. More industry can be developed, such as fur trapping and ice fishing. But to people who are not used to this climate, the cold can be a very negative aspect. It is very safe to say that this region is sparsely populated because of the temperature, and to locals that is a benefit. Nunavut does not have to worry about overpopulation, and while most communities are worried about drought and air pollution, it is not an important issue to this territory. Therefore, even though the temperature is a deterrent to us, to the residents of Nunavut it is not only a benefit, but a way of life.

Finding a cost-effective, environmentally sustainable energy source for the Arctic is an immediate priority, and that is why Nunavut is currently investigating wind power as a very plausible possibility. By Christmas, Nunavut hopes to have determined which communities could use the wind energy.

Although wind power has many benefits (the main one being that it produces clean, renewable energy without a significant environmental impact), it could cost just as much as diesel when start-up and operating costs are factored in. Also, the long lines of wind turbines require large stretches of land, which may disturb wildlife and land use.

Nunavut is exploring the possibility of using windmills to provide the territory with energy. Windmills may replace the expensive and environmentally damaging process of providing diesel-fueled electricity to Nunavut's 28 communities.

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