Baffin Island: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961-67

by Jack D. Ives

A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the "golden age" of federal research.

In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canada's Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciology. Their fieldwork resulted in vastly increased knowledge...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552388298
• ISBN13: 9781552388297
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.0"