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'''Arctic Bay''' is a community on the Northern end of [[Baffin Island]], in [[Nunavut]], [[Canada]].<ref name=ArcticBayDiet>
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The ''[[CBC News]]'' reports that Defence officials have stated that inhabitants of Arctic Bay will play a role in the construction of a new Naval Base around the old port facilities at Nanisivik.<ref name=Cbc20080805>
{{cite news
| url=http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2008/08/05/nanisivik.html?ref=rss
| title=Preliminary work underway on High Arctic naval port
| publisher=[[CBC News]]
| author=
| date=2008-08-05
| accessdate=2008-08-11
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On July 1st every year Arctic Bay hosts a [[Midnight Sun Marathon]].<ref>
{{cite news
| url=http://edt.gov.nu.ca/docs/communities/Arctic.pdf
| title=Arctic Bay and Nanisivik 2006
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| author=
| date=2006
| accessdate=2008-08-11
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Arctic Bay is a community on the Northern end of Baffin Island, in Nunavut, Canada.[1] Approximately 700 people live in Arctic Bay.

The community is near the lead-zinc mine at Nanisivik, which closed in 2002.[2][3]

The CBC News reports that Defence officials have stated that inhabitants of Arctic Bay will play a role in the construction of a new Naval Base around the old port facilities at Nanisivik.[4]

On July 1st every year Arctic Bay hosts a Midnight Sun Marathon.[5]

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