Nanook In Inuit religion, Nanook (; iu, ᓇᓄᖅ , lit. "polar bear") was the master of bears, meaning he decided if hunters deserved success in finding and hunting bears and punished violations of taboos. The word was popularized by '' Nanook of th ...

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

Art, entertainment, and media

* Nanook (band), Greenlandic pop rock band * ''Nanook'' (TV series), whose title character is named Nanook * ''

Nanook of the North ''Nanook of the North'' is a 1922 American silent film which combines elements of documentary and docudrama, at a time when the concept of separating films into documentary and drama did not yet exist. In the tradition of what would later be c ...

'' (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 ''The Lost Boys'' is a 1987 American supernatural black comedy horror film directed by Joel Schumacher, produced by Harvey Bernhard with a screenplay written by Jeffrey Boam, Janice Fischer and James Jeremias, from a story by Fischer and Jerem ...

'' (1987) * "Nanook Rubs It", a song by Frank Zappa on the album ''

Apostrophe The apostrophe ( or ) is a punctuation mark, and sometimes a diacritical mark, in languages that use the Latin alphabet and some other alphabets. In English, the apostrophe is used for two basic purposes: * The marking of the omission of one o ...

'' (1974) * Nanoq Media, a company in Greenland

Toys

* Nanook, the name of a

Beanie Baby Beanie Babies are a line of stuffed toys created by American businessman H. Ty Warner, who founded Ty Inc. in 1986. The toys are stuffed with plastic pellets ("beans") rather than conventional soft stuffing. They come in many different forms, m ...

* Nanook, the name of a Beanie Buddy

Places

* Nanook, a Viking settlement and archaeological site on

Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ...

* 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 * Nanoq, a museum in Jakobstad, Finland

Military

Operation Nanook Operation Nanook (OP NANOOK; french: Opération Nanook) is an annual sovereignty operation and manoeuvre warfare exercise conducted by the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. Sovereignty patrols in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and northern C ...

, various military operations **

Operation Nanook (1946) Operation Nanook was an Arctic expedition undertaken by the United States Navy in 1946. It consisted of , , USCGC Northwind (WAG-282), USCGC ''Northwind'' (WAG-282), , , and . The mission is mostly documented as Cartography, cartographic in natu ...

, 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 *** Operation Nanook (2011), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard *** Operation Nanook (2012), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard *** Operation Nanook (2014), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard *** Operation Nanook (2016), annual Arctic exercise by Canada's Maritime Command and Canada's Coast Guard *

Nanuk Remotely Controlled Weapon Station The Nanuk is a remote weapon station (RWS) used for light and medium calibre weapons which can be installed on any type of armoured vehicles or Brown water patrol vessel. It is designed by Rheinmetall Canada, in Quebec, Canada. The word ''Nanu ...

Project Nanook Project NANOOK was a Cold War reconnaissance effort of the United States that used the 1st Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants, RB-29 missions for mapping and visual reconnaissance in the Arctic and along the Northern Soviet Union, Soviet Coast. ...

, US reconnaissance project

Sports

* Nanook, a stylized polar bear mascot for: **

Alaska Nanooks The Alaska Nanooks are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Alaska Fairbanks. The Nanooks name is derived from the Inupiaq " nanuq", meaning polar bear. The school colors are blue and gold. The Nanooks compete at ...

, the University of Alaska Fairbanks sports teams ** Edmonton Eskimos, of the Canadian Football League **

University of Alaska Fairbanks The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF or Alaska) is a public land-grant research university in College, Alaska, a suburb of Fairbanks. It is the flagship campus of the University of Alaska system. UAF was established in 1917 and opened for c ...

Other uses

* Nanook AA/FA Fuel Altered *

Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company Nanok East Greenland Fishing Company (1929–1990), generally known as Nanok, was a Danish company in Greenland, mainly active in the hunting and trading of arctic foxes for their fur. A cultural organization with the objective of propagating k ...

, a Danish company in Greenland {{disambig