Mysterious 'pants' arch baffles internet, geologists and Nunavut tourism office

Behold.

A massive, pants-like rock formation, standing tall and glorious in a pool of salt water in Canada’s Arctic.

The Nunavut community of Arctic Bay calls it “Qarlinngua” — pronounced “kar-ling-wah,” which means “like pants” in Inuktitut.

You probably can’t find much about it on Google, beyond photos posted to CBC North’s