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Baffin Island is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. During the brief summer there, micro-ecosystems emerge in the shelter of stone sculptures such as the huge 200-year old inuksuk portrayed in this composition*. Lichens and tiny plants grow from the seeds in the droppings from birds, attracting butterflies, and other insects.

*Hallendy, N. (2009). Tukiliit: the Stone People Who Live in the Wind. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press. pp 94-95.