Quttinirpaaq National Park is located on the northeastern corner of Ellesmere Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

The park is remarkable for its extensive glaciers and ice caps, desert-like conditions, and life forms that are uniquely adapted to the extreme polar environment.

During summer months, birds nest in the park including semipalmated plovers, red knots, gyrfalcons and long-tailed jaegers.

Plant and animal life is more concentrated in the Lake Hazen region, given its milder climate compared to the surrounding ice cap-covered mountains and valleys.

Tent rings and food caches show that the area was visited by pre-Dorset, Dorset and Thule people, the ancestors of modern Inuit.

[13] Parks Canada maintains warden stations and gravel air strips at Tanquary Fiord Airport, Lake Hazen and Ward Island.