Mystery cairns on Washington Irving Island

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Authors: McCullough, Karen, Schledermann, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1999
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Nunavut; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Nares; Kane; Cairn; Bache Peninsula; Dobbin Bay; Washington Irving Island; Irving Island; inuit; Kane Basin; Polar Record; Thule culture
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400015643; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400015643

Abstract In 1875, members of the British Arctic Expedition under the command of George S. Nares discovered two ancient-looking stone cairns on Washington Irving Island at the entrance to Dobbin Bay, eastern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. At least one of these cairns was destroyed by the expediti...