Climate and Vegetation of the Interior Lowlands of Southern Baffin Island : Long-term Stability at the Low Arctic Limit

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Jacobs, J.D., Hedley, A.N., Maus, L.A., Mode, W.N., Simms, É.L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1997
• Subjects: Baffin Island; Nettilling Lake; low arctic vegetation; bioclimate; remote sensing; palynology; automatic climate station; climate change; terre de Baffin; lac Nettilling; végétation du Bas-Arctique; bioclimat; télédétection; palynologie; station climatologique automatisée; changement climatique; Amadjuak; Arctic; Arctique*; Baffin; Climate change; Terre de Baffin; toundra; Tundra
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64155

The interior of southern Baffin Island between 64 N and 68 N latitude is a mainly lowland area over 50 000 km² in extent, containing two large lakes (Amadjuak and Nettilling) and numerous smaller lakes and ponds. This area is important as summer range for caribou and a variety of birds, and there is...