Pangnirtung (or Pang, also Pangniqtuuq, in syllabics: ᐸᖕᓂᖅᑑᖅ [paŋniqtuːq]) is an Inuit hamlet, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, located on Baffin Island.
[7] Early in 2005 residents voted against officially changing the name of the village to the native one, as Pangnirtung has achieved an international reputation.
Its residents have created high-quality traditional arts in sculpture, as well as adaptation of themes and design in printmaking and weaving.
They transformed traditional drawing skills to produce lithographs and other forms of prints, allowing reproduction and wider distribution of their work.
[5] Pangnirtung has a tundra climate (Köppen: ET; Trewartha: Ftkd) with very short, cool summers and long, cold winters lasting almost the entire year.
[25] Pangnirtung Fisheries Limited operates a packing plant to process local turbot catches.
Garbage is picked up five days a week and transported to a landfill that slowly deteriorates due to Arctic temperatures.
There are two schools in Pangnirtung:[36] Post secondary-studies opportunities can be made through Nunavut Arctic College's Community Learning Centre.
In 2009, the then Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, proposed building a new modern harbour in Pangnirtung to support the region's turbot-fishing industry.
The town's 1,500 residents listened as Harper announced that $17 million worth of harbour construction promised in the last two budgets would get under way in the fall of that year.
The improvements to the harbour include a fixed wharf, breakwater, marshalling area, sea lift ramp and a dredged channel and basin.
Qiniq is a fixed wireless service to homes and businesses, connecting to the outside world via a satellite backbone.
It was directed by Nyla Innuksuk in her feature debut, and starred largely local actors recruited for the film.