Barren Grounds

The Barren Grounds is nearly uninhabited with the exception of a few coastal villages and towns in Nunavut.

The Barren Lands First Nation are located in northern Manitoba close to the Saskatchewan border.

James Charles Critchell Bullock (6 September 1898 – 31 March 1953) an Englishman best known for his diaries and photographs of an expedition in 1923 with John Hornby across the Barren Grounds.

His diary was found in a log hut near the Thelon River Barren Land after his death.

He died there with his companions, a cousin Edgar Christian and Harold Adlard of starvation while overwintering in 1926-27.