David Stanley
@southpacifictravel
male Nanaimo, BC, Canada
David Stanley has authored numerous travel guidebooks for Lonely Planet and Moon Handbooks. He has seen every country in the world and visited all but one.
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada, is a rugged rocky island with little vegetation. It was named by Charles Francis Hall as a natural monument to fellow Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) who vanished while searching for the Northwest Passage. 
This polar bear was seen on the ridge atop Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada, is inhabited only by seals, walruses, and polar bears. 
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada, lies in Davis Strait near the southeast tip of the Hall Peninsula of Baffin Island. 
Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada, is composed of ancient metamorphic rock. 
An iceberg floats in Ungava Bay off Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
Akpatok, Nunavut, is one of 94 major islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. 
A polar bear ranges across the treeless tundra atop the 250-meter cliffs of Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada, in search of seabird nests. 
Cliffs up to 300 meters high surround Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
A polar bear on the lookout for seals and walrus patrols the base of the cliffs of Akpatok Island, Nunavut, Canada. 
