Geological Investigations in Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands, 1956

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Thorsteinsson, R., Tozer, E.T.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1957
• Subjects: Age; Animal food; Animal migration; Animal physiology; Atlantic salmon; Biological sampling; Brook trout; Cairns; Franklin; Sir John; 1786-1847; Hunting; Lake trout; Lake whitefish; Logistics; Longnose sucker; Measurement; Metabolism; Microclimatology; Necropsy; Oxygen; Plant collections; Plant distribution; Plants (Biology); Research; Research personnel; Research stations; Round whitefish; Scales (Fishes); Science; Size; Waterfowl; Britannia; Cape; Nunavut; North America; Grande Rivière; La; region; Québec; Sakami; Lac; Eastmain; Rivière; Opinaca; George; Antarctic regions; Antarctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Eureka; Eureka Sound; Heiberg; Hunting Lake; Rivière Opinaca; Antarc*; Arctic; eskimo*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66802

Contains account of a Canadian Geological Survey reconnaissance of western Ellesmere and eastern Axel Heiberg Island carried out during Apr.-Sept. 1956. The various journeys from Eureka by dog sled, on foot, and by powered canoe are reported in detail with information on the snow and ice conditions...