Editing Victoria Island (section)

==History==
[[File:VictoriaIslandMap.png|thumb|left|Closeup map of Victoria Island]]

Victoria Island was inhabited by the [[Thule people|Thule culture]], with five prehistoric ''[[qamutiik]]'' (sleds) belonging to the Neoeskimo culture being found on the [[Wollaston Peninsula]], dating to 1250–1573 AD.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Prehistoric Neoeskimo Komatiks, Victoria Island, Arctic Canada|author1=Savalle, James M.|author2=Dyke, Arthur S.|author3=Giguère, Nicole|year=2014|journal=Arctic|volume=67|issue=2|pages=135–142|doi=10.14430/arctic4383 |jstor=24363693|doi-access=free}}</ref> The [[Inuinnaqtun]] name for the island is ''Kitlineq'', with the local Inuit people called ''Kitlinermiut'' ([[Copper Inuit]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=go9VJhGOq9QC&q=%22Kitlineq%22|title=Sixty Cultures: A Guide to the HRAF Probability Sample Files|first=Robert O.|last=Lagacé|date=January 13, 1977|publisher=Human Relations Area Files|via=Google Books}}</ref>

In 1826 [[John Richardson (naturalist)|John Richardson]] was the first European to see the southwest coast and called it "Wollaston Land".<ref name=Franklin1828>{{cite book
  | last = Franklin
  | first = John
  | title = Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the Polar sea in the years 1825, 1826 and 1827, by John Franklin,... including an account of the progress of a detachment to the Eastward, by John Richardson.
  | publisher = J. Murray
  | year = 1828
  | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_QOyb_rz5czIC| quote = John Franklin 1826.
  }}</ref> In 1839, [[Peter Warren Dease]] and [[Thomas Simpson (explorer)|Thomas Simpson]] followed its southeast coast and called it "Victoria Land".<ref name=Simpson>{{cite book
  | last = Simpson
  | first = Thomas
  | title = Narrative of the discoveries on the north coast of America: effected by the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company during the years 1836–39.
  | publisher = R. Bentley
  | year = 1843
  | location = London
| url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_CXBIAAAAMAAJ| quote = Thomas Simpson 1843.
  }}</ref> A map published by [[Sir John Barrow, 1st Baronet|John Barrow]] in 1846 shows a complete blank from these two lands north to "Banks Land" which is the north coast of [[Banks Island]].<ref>Derek Hayes,"Historical Atlas of the Arctic", map 136</ref> In 1851 [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]] charted its entire south coast and connected the two "lands".<ref name=McGoogan>{{cite book
  | last = McGoogan
  | first = Kenneth
  | title = Fatal passage: the true story of John Rae, the Arctic hero time forgot.
  | publisher = Carroll & Graf Publishers
  | year = 2003
  | location = New York
| isbn = 978-0-7867-0993-9
 | url =https://archive.org/details/fatalpassagetrue00mcgo| url-access = registration
  }}</ref> In 1850 and 1851 [[Robert McClure]] circumnavigated most of Banks Island, thereby separating it from the rest of Victoria Land. His men also charted the northwest and west coasts of Victoria Island.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Discovery of the North-West Passage |last=McClure |first=Robert|editor1-first=Sherard |editor1-last=Osborn |editor1-link=Sherard Osborn |year=1856 |publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts |location=London |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_SGUZAAAAMAAJ }}</ref>

One of [[Roald Amundsen]]'s men, Godfred Hansen, charted its east coast as far as [[Cape Nansen]] in 1905,<ref name="Amundsen">{{cite book|last=Amundsen|first=Roald and Godfred Hansen|title=Roald Amundsen's "The North West Passage"; being the record of a voyage of exploration of the ship "Gjøa" 1903–1907|publisher=A Constable and Co.|year=1908|location=London|isbn=9781548724412|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nwUZAAAAYAAJ&q=Roald+Amundsen's+North+West+Passage+1903+1907+Vol.+1&pg=PA27}}</ref> and in 1916 and 1917 Storker T. Storkerson, of [[Vilhjalmur Stefansson]]'s [[Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916|Canadian Arctic Expedition]], charted its northeast coast, sighting the Storkerson Peninsula.<ref name="Stefansson">{{cite book
  | last = Stefansson
  | first = Vilhjalmur
  | title = The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions
  | publisher = Macmillan
  | year = 1922
  | location = New York
| url =https://archive.org/details/friendlyarctics01stefgoog}}</ref>

In 2008 [[Clark Carter]] and Chris Bray became the first recorded people to walk across Victoria Island. Their first attempt at the {{cvt|1000|km}} trek in 2005 failed, so they returned and completed the remaining {{cvt|660|km}} in 2008.<ref name="IF">{{cite web |title=Clark Carter's Arctic Circle Adventures to appear on the big screen |url=https://www.if.com.au/clark-carters-arctic-circle-adventures-to-appear-on-the-big-screen/ |website=if.com |date=12 March 2012 |publisher=IF |access-date=22 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Aussie adventurers to try again with Victoria Island trek  |date=2008-01-14 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220095911/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aussie-adventurers-to-try-again-with-victoria-island-trek-1.754966 |archive-date=2022-12-20 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/aussie-adventurers-to-try-again-with-victoria-island-trek-1.754966}}</ref>