The Impacts of Past Glacial Ice Sheets study aims to deepen our understanding of how a large ice sheet moved and shaped the landscape during the last glaciation, as well as how the land is still slowly rising and adjusting now that the ice’s immense weight is gone. This research will further investigate how the ice sheet transported and deposited minerals from their original, unknown source to new locations, and will provide valuable information to support future land use studies. The research team involved in this study has recently completed two years of fieldwork under the Keewatin Glacial Dynamics study in an area south of Dubawnt Lake. They propose to continue this work with a new field study area west of Baker Lake, complemented by a larger regional-scale remote study. To support these interpretations, the team will conduct remotely-based research using specialized tools, such as high-resolution satellite imagery, and analyze archived samples to track these mineral movements across the region. The research team is seeking to carry out the fieldwork portion of this study over 2-3 weeks between the end of July and mid-August 2025. The team would consist of four researchers and a wildlife monitor, travelling daily from Baker Lake by helicopter to study sites of interest. One fuel cache of up to 15 drums will be needed for this work within the field study area. While on the land, the team would collect fist-sized samples of rocks, and buckets of glacial sediments (till) dug by hand from small holes, as well as record observations, photographs and measurements of landscape features created by glaciers. All data will be published in geodatabase and shapefile formats on the NRCan Open Geoscience Portal. In-person meetings were held in Baker Lake in February 2025 to present the proposed research, and the final results will be shared with the engaged communities and organizations through digital, print, and in-person updates, although the full study conclusions may take several years.