Queen Elizabeth Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands The Queen Elizabeth Islands (; formerly Parry Islands or Parry Archipelago) are the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and Northwest Territories in Northern Canada. The Queen Elizabeth Islands contain approximately 14% of the global glacier and ice cap area. (excluding the inland and shelf ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica). The islands, together in area, were renamed as a group after Elizabeth II on her coronation as Queen of Canada in 1953. The islands cover an area approximating to the shape of a right triangle, bounded by the Nares Strait
MS Queen Elizabeth throughout the hull. However the bow was constructed with heavier plating to cope with the Transatlantic run, and the ship has a high freeboard. Although having an almost identical interior arrangement to "Queen Victoria", the decor is very different. The ship is a tribute to the two previous Queen Elizabeth-named ships: the original "Queen Elizabeth" and ""Queen Elizabeth 2"". She also evokes the era of the 1930s, in which Cunard's first "Queen Elizabeth" was launched, with many art deco interior touches. The ship also features a "Britannia" Club section of the main restaurant, which is a feature popular on "Queen