Editing Igloolik (section)

==History==
[[File:Iglulik Clothing 1999-07-18.jpg|thumb|left|Traditional [[amauti]]it made from seal (left) and caribou (right) are occasionally worn by infants and mothers, although fabric versions are more common today]]
Information about the area's earliest inhabitants comes mainly from numerous archaeological sites on the island; some dating back more than 4,000 years. First contact with Europeans came when the British [[Royal Navy]] ships [[HMS Fury (1814)|HMS ''Fury'']] and [[HMS Hecla (1815)|HMS ''Hecla'']], under the command of Captain [[William Edward Parry]], wintered in Igloolik in 1822.

The island was visited in 1867 and 1868 by the American explorer [[Charles Francis Hall]] in his search for survivors of the lost [[John Franklin|Franklin Expedition]]. In 1913, [[Alfred Tremblay]], a [[French-Canadian]] prospector with Captain [[Joseph-Elzéar Bernier]]’s expedition to [[Pond Inlet]], extended his mineral exploration overland to Igloolik, and in 1921 a member of [[Knud Rasmussen]]’s Fifth Thule Expedition visited the island.

The first permanent presence by southerners in Igloolik came with the establishment of a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] Mission in the 1930s. By the end of the decade, the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] had also set up a post on the island.

Non-indigenous establishments, such as [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]] (RCMP) stations, [[day school]]s, and [[clinic]]s, were here before they came to be in surrounding communities. The Igloolik Research Centre focuses on documenting [[Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit|Inuit traditional knowledge and technology]], as well as climatology and seismic data research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://siempre.arcus.org/4DACTION/wi_alias_fsDrawPage/1/44 |title=Igloolik, NU |access-date=17 October 2007|publisher=Alias:Arctic Logistics Information and Support |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806083016/http://siempre.arcus.org/4DACTION/wi_alias_fsDrawPage/1/44 |archive-date=6 August 2007}}</ref>