usually a subarctic climate); with cold winters averaging around , and cool, very wet and rainy summers averaging around ; but temperatures of or above are possible. Winters run from October/November until April/May with temperatures averaging between . Summers run from June to September, and average temperatures range from . Summers are usually cool, wet, and rainy, but can be warm, with a record high of . Summers typically last four months. Notable people from Whale Cove John Adjuk (1913 Back River -2006 Whale Cove) moved with his family to Whale Cove in March 1964 from the Baker Lake area. Originally from the Back River area (Chantrey Inlet) north of Baker Lake, living the traditional way of life on the land, he moved to the Garry Lake area. Following famine in the Garry Lake area, he was evacuated to Baker (Lake Qamanittuaq) in 1955. In 1955 they returned to Garry Lake but in early 1958 the family of five was evacuated to the community of Baker Lake when famine struck the land. The Hanningajurmiut, or Hanningaruqmiut, or Hanningajulinmiut ("the people of the place that lies across") lived at Garry Lake, south of the Utkuhiksalingmiut. Many Hanningajurmiut starved in 1958 when the caribou bypassed their traditional hunting grounds, but the 31 who survived were relocated to Baker. Most never returned permanently to Garry Lake. In March, 1964, the Adjuk family, which now included six daughters, moved to Whale Cove because it was thought the hunting and fishing was better. Education Nunavut Arctic College has a branch in Whale Cove. Notes Citations See also List of municipalities in Nunavut Levinia Brown References Further reading Inuglak School (Whale Cove, Nunavut). The Lonely Inukshuk. Markham, Ont: Scholastic Book Fairs, 1999. External links Whale Cove at the Government of Nunavut Whale Cove Populated places on Hudson Bay Hamlets in the Kivalliq Region Road-inaccessible communities of Nunavut