the arctic is very different from the rest of the world. the way of life in the south does not work well in the north. canada values having inuit peoples in canada's northernmost lands as proof of sovereignty over the canadian portion of the arctic circle. it's a very challenging living in an arctic environment. there is some controversy over the practice of sinking the corpses of child victims of hypothermia under the ice, as bodies have been known to drift through the currents and wash up on the eastern coast of canada, and, upon occasion, the northeastern united states.