Living Planet: Connected Planet

Iron mine threatens beluga whales around Baffin Island

Grise Fjord

Polaris Resolute

Polaris Mine

Dundash Harbour

Arctic Bay

Fort Ross

Pond Inlet

Milne Port

Nanisivik Mine

Mary River Mine site

Clide River

Stensby Port

Taloyoak

Baffin Island

Igloolik

Kugaaruk

Qikiqtarjuaq

Repulse Bay

Pagnirtung

Beluga range

Cape Dorset

Moving and migrating

Coral Harbour

Iqualuit

Summering area Wintering area

Kimmirut

Mining

Active mines Projected mines and related infrastructures

Raglan Mine

Projected railway

Shipping routes

Projected for Mary River Mine

Northwest Passage

Sources: Nuniatsaq, online press review, 2011; Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation, Mary River Project Environmental Impact Statement

Figure 15: Proposed iron mine in Canadas High Arctic may jeopardize the white beluga whales and interfere with their migrations.

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