SOILS OF PRICE PATRICK ISLAND.

• Main Authors: Tedrow,J. C. F., Bruggemann,P. F., Walton,G. F.
• Other Authors: ARCTIC INST OF NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Soil Mechanics; (*SOILS; ARCTIC REGIONS); CLAY MINERALS; SWAMPS; PH FACTOR; QUARTZ; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ALGAE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ISLANDS; DESERTS; CANADA; POLAR REGIONS; MAPS; REMOTE AREAS; Arctic; Canada; Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Prince Patrick Island; Arctic Archipelago; polar desert; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0673012; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0673012

Prince Patrick Island, one of the more northerly islands of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, centers approximately on 76 deg 45 min N. 119 deg 30 min W. The island is referred to botanically as a rock desert or fell field, geographically as high arctic, and pedologically as a region of Polar Desert...