The Preservation and Ethnohistory of a Frozen Historic Site in the Canadian Arctic

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Janes, Robert R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Archaeology; Exploration; Explorers; History; Dealy Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Northwest Territories; Northwest Passage; inuit; Northwest passage; Melville Island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65391

In 1853 a British Naval Expedition, involved in the search for the missing British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition under the command of Sir John Franklin, constructed a stone storehouse on Dealy Island off the coast of Melville Island, Northwest Territories. This storehouse was stocked with a com...