Physical descriptions of the Beechey Island headboards

ABSTRACT In August 2016, the author was able to personally examine the five Beechey Island Franklin era gravesite headboards, in the collections of the Government of Nunavut and currently preserved at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center in Yellowknife, NT, Canada. Except for the inscription...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Hansen, Todd
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2017
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Nunavut
Yellowknife
Canada
Beechey Island
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247417000353
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247417000353
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Summary:ABSTRACT In August 2016, the author was able to personally examine the five Beechey Island Franklin era gravesite headboards, in the collections of the Government of Nunavut and currently preserved at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Center in Yellowknife, NT, Canada. Except for the inscriptions, there appears to be relatively little physical description actually published in the literature, and this article summarises those observations and some conclusions drawn from this examination.

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