In pictures: Queen in the Arctic

The Queen has visited the Arctic on the first stop on her 10-day tour of Canada.

In sub-zero temperatures, she and the Duke of Edinburgh watch Arctic sports and met the Inuit people of the Nunavut territory.

The Queen braved the icy cold to meet the crowds

Celina Shoapik with her 10-month-old baby Akpalialuk waiting for the Queen

The Queen looks at seal skin, left, and Prince Philip enjoys a display of Arctic sports

Inuit people perform traditional 'throat singing'

Two Inuit children return from school past a stop sign written in English and the Inuit language

Five year-old Simoe Arnatsiaq on a hill above the village of Iqaluit

The Queen passes a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer before leaving Iqaluit, Nunavut