Pingasuujuqtut

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Species: Black-bellied Plover
Life Stage: Adult
Gender: Male
Release Date: 2016-07-08 21:58:00
Release Location: Polar Bear Pass National Wildlife Area, Bathurst Island, Nunavut
Last Location: 2016-08-18 13:38:44

Background

Pingasuujuqtut (pronounced peen-ya-soo-yook-toot) is the Inuktitut word for 'six' because it was the sixth transmitter. Inuktitut is one of the Inuit languages of Nunavut in northern Canada, where Pingasuujuqtut's breeding grounds are located.