Bernhard Hantzsch: the probable cause of his death in Baffin Island in 1911

Bernhard Hantzsch was a German zoologist and explorer, born in 1875, whose first work in Canada was in northernmost Labrador in 1906. He returned to the north in 1909 with the object of exploring the then unknown Foxe Basin coast of Baffin Island. His plan was to set off from Cumberland Sound and tr...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Rowley, Graham
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1977
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Baffin Island
Canada
Pond Inlet
Foxe Basin
Cumberland Sound
Fury
Nettilling Lake
Hantzsch River
Blacklead Island
Koukdjuak River
Baffin
eskimo*
Fury and Hecla Strait
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400001261
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400001261

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