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Josée Auclair

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Josée Auclair (born May 20, 1962 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a Canadian explorer. [1]

39 relations: Antarctica, Arctic, Arrowhead Mountain, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island, Canada Games, Clyde River, Nunavut, Cross-country skiing, Dog sled, Ellesmere Island, Frobisher Bay, Greenland, Inuit, Kane Basin, Kayak, Lake Hazen, List of polar explorers, List of sportswomen, Milne Inlet, North Pole, Northern Canada, Nunavut, Outaouais, Penny Ice Cap, Pond Inlet, Qikiqtarjuaq, Quebec, Richard Weber (explorer), Sea kayak, Sherbrooke, Siorapaluk, Somerset Island (Nunavut), South Pole, Svalbard, Université de Sherbrooke, Université du Québec, University of Vermont, Varsity letter, Ward Hunt Island.

Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Arrowhead Mountain

Arrowhead Mountain is a mountain located on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada and is located east northeast of Mount Oxford.

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Auyuittuq National Park

Auyuittuq National Park (ᐊᐅᔪᐃᑦᑐᖅ,, "the land that never melts") is a national park located on Baffin Island's Cumberland Peninsula, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, the largest political subdivision of Canada.

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Baffin Island

Baffin Island (ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, Qikiqtaaluk, Île de Baffin or Terre de Baffin), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world.

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Canada Games

The Canada Games (Jeux du Canada) is a high-level multi-sport event, formerly with a National Artists Program, held every two years in Canada, alternating between the Canada Winter Games and the Canada Summer Games.

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Clyde River, Nunavut

Clyde River (Inuktitut: Kanngiqtugaapik, Syllabics: ᑲᖏᖅᑐᒑᐱᒃ) is an Inuit hamlet located on the shore of Baffin Island's Patricia Bay, off Clyde Inlet, an arm of Davis Strait in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, of Nunavut Canada.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing where skiers rely on their own locomotion to move across snow-covered terrain, rather than using ski lifts or other forms of assistance.

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Dog sled

A dog sled or dog sleigh is a sled pulled by one or more sled dogs used to travel over ice and through snow.

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Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island (Inuit: Umingmak Nuna, meaning "land of muskoxen"; Île d'Ellesmere) is part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region in the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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Frobisher Bay

Frobisher Bay is a relatively large inlet of the Labrador Sea in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Inuit

The Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ, "the people") are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada and Alaska.

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Kane Basin

Kane Basin is an Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island.

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Kayak

A kayak is a small, narrow watercraft which is propelled by means of a double-bladed paddle.

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Lake Hazen

Lake Hazen is often called the northernmost lake of Canada, in the northern part of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, but detailed maps show several smaller lakes up to more than farther north on Canada's northernmost island.

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List of polar explorers

This list is for recognised pioneering explorers of the polar regions.

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List of sportswomen

This is a list of female athletes by sport.

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Milne Inlet

Milne Inlet is a body of water in Nunavut's Qikiqtaaluk Region.

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North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is (subject to the caveats explained below) defined as the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.

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Northern Canada

Northern Canada, colloquially the North, is the vast northernmost region of Canada variously defined by geography and politics.

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Nunavut

Nunavut (Inuktitut syllabics ᓄᓇᕗᑦ) is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada.

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Outaouais

Outaouais; (also commonly called The Outaouais) is a region of western Quebec, Canada.

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Penny Ice Cap

The Penny Ice Cap is a ice cap in Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

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Pond Inlet

Pond Inlet (Inuktitut: Mittimatalik, in English the place where the landing place is) is a small, predominantly Inuit community in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, and is located in northern Baffin Island.

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Qikiqtarjuaq

Qikiqtarjuaq (formerly known as Broughton Island until November 1998, is a community located on the island of the same name in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. The island is known for Arctic wildlife, whale watching, and as the northern access point for Auyuittuq National Park (see also Pangnirtung) At the 2016 census the population was 598, an increase of 15.0% from the 2011 census. Qikiqtarjuaq hosts an annual "Suicide Prevention Walk". Local participants would walk a total distance of across the tundra from Kivitoo, an old whaling station. Today the walk is much shorter than the original 2 and a half days, but it is still meant to promote hope among the community. The community hosts a two-week celebration over the Christmas and New Year period every year. Visitors are warmly welcomed and encouraged to join the festivities and games. Near Qikiqtarjuaq was the home of FOX-5, a Distant Early Warning Line and now a North Warning System site. In July 2011, Qikiqtarjuaq was featured in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Cabin Pressure.

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Quebec

Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.

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Richard Weber (explorer)

Richard Weber, (born June 9, 1959, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian Arctic and polar adventurer.

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Sea kayak

A sea kayak or touring kayak is a kayak developed for the sport of paddling on open waters of lakes, bays, and the ocean.

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Sherbrooke

Sherbrooke is a city in southern Quebec, Canada.

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Siorapaluk

Siorapaluk (West Greenlandic) or Hiurapaluk (Polar Eskimo) is a settlement in the Qaanaaq area of the Avannaata municipality in northern Greenland.

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Somerset Island (Nunavut)

In the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Somerset Island (Inuktitut Kuganajuup Qikiqtanga) is a large, uninhabited island separated by the wide Bellot Strait from the Boothia Peninsula in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada, lying between Peel Sound (across which lies Prince of Wales Island) and Prince Regent Inlet (across which lies Baffin Island).

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface.

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Svalbard

Svalbard (prior to 1925 known by its Dutch name Spitsbergen, still the name of its largest island) is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Université de Sherbrooke

The Université de Sherbrooke is a large public French-language university in Quebec, Canada with campuses located in Sherbrooke and Longueuil, a suburb of Montreal approximately west of Sherbrooke.

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Université du Québec

The Université du Québec is a system of ten provincially run public universities in Quebec, Canada.

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University of Vermont

The University of Vermont (UVM), officially The University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a public research university and, since 1862, the sole land-grant university in the U.S. state of Vermont.

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Varsity letter

A varsity letter (or monogram) is an award earned in the United States for excellence in school activities.

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Ward Hunt Island

Ward Hunt Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Arctic Ocean, off the north coast of Ellesmere Island.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josée_Auclair

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