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Hamelin developed an index he called ''Valeur polaires'' (Polar values) or VAPO, where the North Pole had a VAPO of 1000. The nordicity index had 10 natural and human components: # Latitude # Summer Heat # Annual Cold # Types Of Ice #total Precipitation #natural Vegetation cover #accessibility by Means Other Than Air # Air Service # Population # Degree Of Economic Activity Each component was graded on the scale of 0-100 where 100 represented extreme nordicity. Hamelin proposed that areas with a VAPO of more than 200 should be considered in "the North". He subdivided . The rest of the archipelago and Tundra zone as well as parts of the Boreal Forest were included in the ''Far North''. The term is used by the Canadian government that has a set system for measuring nordicity. This system is used for determining a number of regulations in fields such as environmental protection, infrastructure, and many others. Northern Canada, apropos, is normally divided into three areas. The ''Middle North'' covering the northern parts of most provinces, as well as parts of the territories is largely populated by those of Europe an descent and has significant resource extraction if a low population. The ''Far North'' covers the northern part of the continent and the southern Arctic Archipelago . The ''Extreme North'' covers the northernmost islands and is largely uninhabitable. Other countries have their own systems of measuring nordicity. The idea of nordicity and the changing conceptions of what is the north has also recently become a subject for historians. References
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