Baffin Island (Inuktitut: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ, Qikiqtaaluk, French: Île de Baffin, Old Norse: Helluland), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth largest island in the world. Its area is 507,451 km² (195,928 sq mi) and its population is about 11,000 (2007 estimate). Named after English explorer William Baffin, it is likely that the island was known to Pre-Columbian Norse of Greenland and Iceland and may be the location of Helluland, spoken of in the Icelandic sagas (the Saga of Erik the Red (Eiríks saga rauða) and the Grœnlendinga saga).

Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, is located on the southeastern coast. Until 1987, the town shared the name Frobisher Bay with the bay on which it is located.

To the south lies Hudson Strait, separating Baffin Island from mainland Quebec. South of the western end of the island is the Fury and Hecla Strait which separates the island from the Melville Peninsula on the mainland. To the east are Davis Strait and Baffin Bay, with Greenland beyond. The Foxe Basin, the Gulf of Boothia and Lancaster Sound separate Baffin Island from the rest of the archipelago to the west and north.

Stephen James Backshall (born April 21, 1973) is a British naturalist, writer and television presenter, best known for BBC TV's "Deadly 60'. This series sees Backshall travelling the world in search of predators that are, "Not just deadly to me, but deadly in their own world". He has dived with Great White, bull, Great Hammerhead and tiger sharks, caught king cobras, black mambas and lanceheads, had a redback spider on his hand and was bitten on screen by a crocodile. They are currently filming the third season of the series, which is transmitted on Nat Geo Wild, Animal Planet and BBC worldwide. He has also presented The Really Wild Show, Lost Land of the Volcano, Lost Land of the Tiger,Lost Land of the Jaguar, Expedition Alaska, Wilderness St Kilda and Expedition Borneo, and National Geographic Channel's EarthPulse series. In 2010 and 2011 Backshall went on the road with the "Live n Deadly' tour, traveling to 20 destinations around the UK, with the aim of inspiring kids to get into adventure sports and wildlife. As many as 35,000 people applied for tickets to each day to see Backshall answer questions on wildlife, and the biggest crowd was 14,000 people.