Round 5: Tossup 7

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

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