Quttinirpaaq National Park

Quttinirpaaq National Park is located on Ellesmere Island and helps protect the most northerly lands in North America. The park preserves a portion of the polar desert and the artic tundra. The park landscape is filled with glaciers and icefields (up to 900 meters thick). Wildlife present includes artic wolves, Peary caribou, musk ox and artic hares. Access to the park is by aircraft. For more information, and a virtual tour of the park, visit Quittinirpaaq National Park