Ikaahuk Sachs Harbour, Canada Tourism

Although it had been used for hunting for perhaps 3500 years it was not until 1929 that Banks Island had a permanent settlement, when three Inuit families put down roots in Ikaahuk on the north-western tip of the island. Its "European" name derives from the Canadian Arctic expedition of 1913-15 led by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, whose ship was called