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Mary River Mine site
Milne Port
Nanisivik Mine
Baffin Island
Polaris Mine
Raglan Mine
Stensby Port
Pagnirtung
Iqualuit
Kimmirut
Cape Dorset
Qikiqtarjuaq
Clide River
Pond Inlet
Grise Fjord
Polaris
Resolute
Fort Ross
Taloyoak
Kugaaruk
Igloolik
Repulse Bay
Coral Harbour
Arctic Bay
Dundash
Harbour
Moving and migrating
Beluga range
Mining
Shipping routes
Summering area
Active mines
Projected mines and related
infrastructures
Projected for Mary River Mine
Wintering area
Projected railway
Northwest Passage
Sources: Nuniatsaq, online press review, 2011;
Baffinland Iron Mine Corporation, Mary River
Project Environmental Impact Statement
Iron mine threatens beluga whales
around Baffin Island
Figure 15:
Proposed iron mine in Canadas High Arctic may jeopardize the white beluga whales and interfere with their migrations.