North Circumpolar Region 

This data set provides a view of the area of Canada and the World situated between 55ºN latitude and the North Pole. 

Special features include: 

* federal, provincial and territorial boundaries for Canada including
the Nunavut proposed boundary as well as the international boundaries of neighbouring countries 
* major road and rail transportation networks 
* hydrography: coastline, rivers and lakes
*  ice cover
* selection of populated places along with administrative and national
       capitals 
* offshore features such as ocean bathymetry 
       the international date line, Canada's exclusive fishing zone. 
* toponymic layers for the hydrographic, political and physical features,as well as for the populated places are available for layers in azimuthal equidistant coordinates in Arc/Export format (.e00).