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this is the WORST landmass in the world. why don't the canadians kick it out of the country? --B. Phillips 09:19, 11 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't understand your question. What purpose would it serve to remove Baffin Island from Canada? Em3rald 01:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Whoa, I'd never even heard of the Baffin Islands until I was looking at pictures of Alex Lowe climbing Sail Peak in the "Baffin Islands." Checked it out. The land/ice mass is stunning. Go to (cut and paste) http://www.npr.org/programs/day/features/2006/oct/wiltsie/gallery.html to see this amazing climb/climber/photographer. N.Heward 3 0ctober 2006

I heard there were nordic stone carvings on the island, from around 1000 a.d. ... is this true?

Following looks erroneous: "Japanese settlement of Baffin 10,000,000 people"

Scientists have found what they call hints of the earth's original recipe in an outcrop of rocks along a remote coast of Baffin Island. The chemical composition of the Arctic rocks hasn't changed in 4.5 billion years, which makes it about the same age as the earth itself. from www.theglobeandmail.com

fauna

it seems that many animals on mainland nunavut don't exist on baffin island. is there a reason for this? can we add an explanation in the article? also where does the inuit name for the island derive from or what does it mean?--Sonjaaa (talk) 15:16, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The name according to the Inuktitut Living Dictionary it translates to "Baffin Island" which would mean that the Qikiqtaaluk Region is the Baffin Island Region but it used to be the Baffin Region. It turns out that "qikiqtaq" means island so it's possible that the name is in some way related to that but I'm guessing. The only major animal that seems to be missing from the island is the muskox but there are sveral smaller ones not listed that can be found at List of land mammals of Nunavut. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 17:04, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Arctic Wolf?

Shouldn't it be the Baffin Island Wolf? Silverseren^C 20:12, 10 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]