You can't get much further out than Cambridge Bay -- hidden away in Canada's arctic Nunavut territory, this sleepy town is only reachable by plane, boat or Google Maps.

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"Polar bears are one of the biggest conservation success stories in the world, " says Drikus Gissing, wildlife director for the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

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There is even a plan for a naval port in Nanisivik, in the territory of Nunavut, and up to eight Arctic patrol vessels to fly the flag in the increasingly ice-free far north.

ECONOMIST: Canada's military

This was the case with the Cree over the massive James Bay hydroelectric dams in northern Quebec, the Innu over the Voisey's Bay nickel mine in Labrador, the Inuit over diamond mines in the Northwest Territories, and the 1999 creation of the new territory of Nunavut, the largest land-claim settlement in Canadian history.

ECONOMIST: Canada

Nunavut, a vast northern territory in Canada, was created a decade earlier by a settlement with the Inuit.

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