Nunavut Canada cruise port guide
The area around Cambridge Bay was seasonally used by Pre-Dorset, Dorset, Thule, and Copper Inuit to hunt and fish. It was only after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Hudson’s Bay Company decided to set up posts on Victoria Island in the 1920s that outsiders settled, while the Inuit community only came to live at Cambridge Bay in a more permanent way after World War II when a LORAN tower was built. Today Cambridge Bay is one of Canada’s northernmost villages with close to 1,800 residents. It is the administrative center for the Kitikmeot region and an important transportation hub for cargo by sea and air. Arctic char, which is caught in rivers nearby, is Cambridge Bay’s major export article. For many years Cambridge Bay was the home to Roald Amundsen’s ship Maud. Having served in the Arctic for several years, the ship was brought to Cambridge Bay by the Hudson’s Bay Company where she was beset by ice in 1926 and sank in 1930. The Maud was eventually raised and transported to Norway where she is to be exhibited in a museum.
About Nunavut Canada
Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq) is a hamlet in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada, situated on the south coast of Victoria Island in the Arctic. It serves as a key waypoint for Northwest Passage expedition cruises and is the site of a Parks Canada visitor centre for Nunavut.
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37-Day Northwest Passage & Wild Labrador Coast
Seabourn Venture · Alaska · 37 nights
from $44,614
$1,205 / night
Wild Labrador Coast: Missions, Fjords & Wilderness
Seabourn Venture · South America · 15 nights
from $15,249
$1,016 / night
Labrador Coast, Caribbean, South America & Scotia Arc
Seabourn Venture · South America · 60 nights
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Wild Labrador Coast, Caribbean & South America
Seabourn Venture · South America · 39 nights
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Wild Labrador Coast & Southern Caribbean
Seabourn Venture · Polar Regions · 23 nights
from $17,319
$753 / night
Ultimate Arctic Expedition
Seabourn Venture · Polar Regions · 77 nights
from $101,824
$1,322 / night
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