Nanook (disambiguation)

Nanook, in Inuit mythology, is the master of bears. Nanook, Nanuk, or Nanuq may also refer to:

Bears

• ᓇᓄᖅ nanuq, "polar bear" in Inuktitut
• nanoq, "polar bear" or "bear" in Greenlandic

Art, entertainment, and media

• Nanook (TV series), whose title character is named Nanook
• Nanook of the North (1922), a film by Robert Flaherty, often considered the first formal feature-length documentary
• Nanook, Corey Haim's dog in the film The Lost Boys (1987)
• "Nanook Rubs It", a song by Frank Zappa on the album Apostrophe (1974)

Places

• Nanook, a Viking settlement and archaeological site on Baffin Island
• Nanuk, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Nanook River, Victoria Island, Canada
• Nanook or Nanuk, alternate names of Menukin, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Nanuk-e Bala, alternate name of Naniz-e Olya, a village in Kerman Province, Iran

Military

• Operation Nanook, various military operations
  • Operation Nanook (1946), an Arctic expedition undertaken by the US Navy in 1946
  • Operation Nanook (Canada), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
    • Operation Nanook (2007), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
    • Operation Nanook (2008), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
    • Operation Nanook (2009), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
    • Operation Nanook (2010), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard
• Nanuk Remotely Controlled Weapon Station
• Project Nanook, US reconnaissance project

Sports

• Nanook, a stylized polar bear mascot for:
  • Alaska Nanooks, the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams
  • Edmonton Eskimos, of the Canadian Football League
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks

Other uses

• Nanook AA/FA Fuel Altered
• Nanook (band), an indie band from Greenland