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In 1576, the Inuit of Baffin Island made contact with European explorers, when Martin Frobisher traded with the Inuit and, according to different records, kidnapped one or three of them in the bay that now bears his name; more conflict ensued on his 1577 expedition. When Frosbisher returned to Baffin Island in July and August, hostilities with the Inuit were renewed, prompting Frobisher to return to England. He brought with him four Inuit captives, who did not survive more than two months.
Throughout the 18th and early 19th centuries, Inuit along the south coast had occasional trade contacts with European exploration and supply vessels that stopped briefly on their way through to Hudson Bay. Farther north, the Inuit of Davis Strait did not encounter outsiders in any numbers until after 1820, when Scottish and American whalers started making annual visits to Baffin Island through the heavy drift ice of western Baffin Bay.
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