Marya Kowal has been writing since she was three, although she no longer writes in crayon on the walls most days. A lifelong reader, she is fascinated by a vast array of subjects and enjoys the research as much as the writing. Freelance writing and editing has allowed her to indulge her interest in learning about new people and places while earning enough money to feed the gazillion guppies her children now own. She counts herself a very lucky woman.
Area: 2, 093,190 square kilometers Freshwater Area: 157,077 square kilometers. High Temp: 25.8 C in the capitol of Iqaluit. Low Temp: -45.6 C in Iqaluit. Median Age: 22.1 years, making it the youngest population in Canada. Population: 28,847 Pop. Density: 1 person in every 70 square kilometers, the lowest population density of all Canadian territories [...]
Nunavut means “our land” in the Inuktitut language, and is the newest Territory in Canada, created on April 1, 1999. Size, weather, isolation, and a sparse population all pose challenges for this, the nation’s youngest government. Nunavut spans three time zones, and is 1/5th of Canada’s national landmass, and just over 1/1000th of the population [...]
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