A durable site is especially important if you plan to use the site as a base camp or if you are travelling in a large group. Avoid vegetated sites or soil types that are sensitive to disturbance. Avoid camping near sensitive wildlife areas such as grass-sedge meadows. Do not dig trenches around tents or build windbreaks from rocks. Always leave camp sites as clean or cleaner than you found them.
Most parks indicate preferred camping areas.
Within Auyuittuq National Park , the areas near and around the warden stations and emergency shelters provide good camp sites. Around the Tanquary Fiord and Lake Hazen warden stations in Ellesmere Island National Park , camping is only permitted in designated areas to avoid expanding disturbance beyond sites that already show the heavy impact of visitors. General camping gear and supplies are sold in Nunavut's larger settlements and some other communities, but specialized backpacking or technical gear may not be widely available. Camping equipment, like everything else, is much more expensive in the Arctic than in other areas. Nunavut is above the tree line, so a camp stove is required.