Baffin Island Refugia Older than 54,000 Years

• Published in: Science
• Main Author: Löken, Olav H.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1966
• Subjects: Hudson Bay; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Hudson; Foxe Basin; Baffin; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.153.3742.1378; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.153.3742.1378

Two radiocarbon determinations on marine shells from the east coast of Baffin Island give ages exceeding 50,000 years. These findings indicate the existence of unglaciated areas (refugia) between fiords occupied by outlet glaciers flowing toward Baffin Bay, from the central part of the Wisconsin ice...