Survey of Vegetated Areas and Muskox Populations in East-Central Ellesmere Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Henry, G., Freedman, B., Svoboda, J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1986
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal distribution; Animal ecology; Geomorphology; Landforms; Muskoxen; Plant ecology; Plants (Biology); Wetlands; Wildlife habitat; Ellesmere Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Fosheim Peninsula; Sverdrup Pass; Île d'Ellesmere; muskox
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65102

The results of 1981-84 summer helicopter surveys and ground reconnaissance of east-central Ellesmere Island are presented. This was the first systematic ecological survey to be conducted in this region of the Canadian High Arctic. Central Ellesmere Island is dominated by two large ice fields separat...