America has the rugged west. Britain has the glorious Sea. Canada has the Arctic, the glistening white vessel of our sanctimonious soul. The national halo. The image itself has the ability to conjure innocence, cleanse.
Arctic scenery is so simple and clear.
All that is superfluous and unnecessary has been eliminated. The Canadian North is a distinct region of Canada. This distinctiveness is reflected in its physical and human geography. The Canadian North can be defined in several ways. Human Geographers prefer to delimit the North by a physical boundary which has cultural significance.