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  1. Hand sample and thin section of a pillow rind and interior from Palaeogene lavas of eastern Baffin island. The solidifying melt continued to exsolve gas bubbles, trapped in the pillow interior by the rind.

  2. Was pleasantly surprised to see the BBC giving an Indigenous woman more words in this story.

    "On one of these annual 186-mile (300km) journeys, Ms Kabloona's grandmother went into labour and gave birth to her father in a tent along the way.

    "Two days later, she got up and carried on walking," Ms Kabloona said.

    "She did that in every single one of her pregnancies, traversed our land, because that is our way of life and always has been."”

    "Show respect to the land and the people who have kept it pristine for your adventures."

    #Canada #North #Inuit #Indigenous #BaffinIsland #UK
    bbc.com/news/articles/c4g375ke

  3. A polar bear mother takes her cubs out in Baffin Island, Canada, where the weather forecast predicts a high of -21C today

    Photograph: Paul Goldstein/SWNS

    @photography
    #animals
    #PolarBears
    #Canada
    #BaffinIsland

  4. Scientists have detected a surprising amount of helium-3 in volcanic rocks on Canada’s Baffin Island, supporting to the theory that the noble gas is leaking from Earth’s core — and has been for a very long time. CNN reports: flip.it/OVUnYL
    #Science #Earth #Helium #BaffinIsland

  5. Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (#WHOI) have made a fascinating discovery in the Arctic. They have found that ancient #lava from #BaffinIsland in #Canada's #Arctic Archipelago have highest ratios of #helium-3 (#3He) to helium-4 (#4He). This suggests extremely high levels of 3He in these lavas might come from #Earth's core. This groundbreaking finding could potentially rewrite our understanding of history of ancient elements in center of our planet. vice.com/en/article/93kgwd/ear

  6. Another #tuberculosis #outbreak has been declared in #Nunavut , this time in a community near the top of #BaffinIsland .
    Nunavut’s Department of #Health announced Friday that five active and 22 latent cases of TB have been identified in #PondInlet , a hamlet of 1,500 people, since last month.

    theglobeandmail.com/amp/canada

    #Canada #FirstNations #NativeHealth #Indigenous #medical #disease #FarNorth #HealthCrisis

  7. Another #blackandwhite vs #colour #photography comparison between these images of the #shoreline and #mountains of #BylotIsland in #Nunavut. Pretty sure I prefer this B&W conversion, but either way, it’s hard to take a bad photo of that island. #blackandwhitephotography #baffinisland #north #arctic #landscape #landscapephotography