Round 3: Tossup 7

Families relocated to this body of water’s Resolute Bay were dubbed “human (-5[1])flagpoles.” The eastward migration of the Thule (“TOO-lee”) people across this body of water left behind umiak frames and goggles made of driftwood. (-5[1])An archipelago in this body of water made up most of the Land Claims Agreement for the 1999 formation of a territory whose name means “our land.” Drainage into a bay of this ocean defined Rupert’s Land, whose sale prompted a Métis ("may-TEE") rebellion. Oral history from a gulf in this ocean aided in the discovery of two of John Franklin’s ships that attempted to navigate its Northwest Passage. For 10 points, (10[1]-5[1])the Inuit historically lived (0[1])around what ocean (10[2])north of Canada? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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