A Hans Krüger Arctic Expedition Cache on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Park, Robert W., Stenton, Douglas R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: German Arctic Expedition; Hans Krüger; archaeology; geology; Axel Heiberg Island; Nunavut; expédition allemande de l’Arctique; archéologie; géologie; île Axel Heiberg; Arctic; Bache Peninsula; Cape Southwest; Heiberg; Retour; Île Axel Heiberg
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63321

In 1999 a team of geologists discovered an archaeological site near Cape Southwest, Axel Heiberg Island. On the basis of its location and the analysis of two artifacts removed from the site, the discoverers concluded that it was a hastily abandoned campsite created by Hans Krüger’s German Arctic Exp...