Jacobsen-McGill University Arctic Research Expedition to Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T.

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Müller, Fritz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1962
• Subjects: Fast ice; Measurement; Pancake ice; Physical properties; Salinity; Sea ice; Spatial distribution; Strength; North Star Bugt; Greenland; Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Fricker; Hegg; Heiberg; North Star; Pancake; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66618

Reviews this expedition to study the evolution of the mountainous and strongly glacierized and glaciated area of the central part of western Axel Heiberg Island. It was initiated by G. Jacobsen, had a four-man reconnaissance survey in 1959, a 27-man operation in May-Aug. 1960, an 18-man party to spe...