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Axel Heiberg Island Axel Heiberg Island
Axel Heiberg Island , 13,583 sq mi (35,180 sq km), in the Arctic Ocean, N Nunavut Territory, Canada, W of Ellesmere Island. It was named by the Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup (who explored it 1898-1902) for one of his patrons. The island's plateau surface (3,000-6,000 ft/915-1,830 m high) is... Read more
Johan Ludvig Heiberg Johan Ludvig Heiberg
Johan Ludvig Heiberg , 1791-1860, Danish writer, director of the National Theater. In the play Christmas Fun and New Year's Jesting (1817), he satirized leading contemporary writers. As a defender of classical drama, Heiberg became an influential figure in Danish literature and criticism. He... Read more
Queen Elizabeth Islands Queen Elizabeth Islands
Queen Elizabeth Islands northern part of the Arctic Archipelago, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, N Canada. Ellesmere Island (the largest), the Parry group (Melville, Bathurst, Devon, Prince Patrick, and Cornwallis islands), and the Sverdrup group (Axel Heiberg, Ellef Ringnes, Amund Ringnes, and... Read more
Donald Baxter MacMillan Donald Baxter MacMillan
Donald Baxter MacMillan 1874-1970, American arctic explorer, b. Provincetown, Mass., grad. Bowdoin College, 1898, and studied at Harvard. After a decade of teaching, he went on the expedition (1908-9) of Robert E. Peary to the North Pole. Later (1911, 1912) he made ethnological studies among the... Read more
Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg Gunnar Edvard Rode Heiberg
Heiberg, Gunnar Edvard Rode (1857–1929), Norwegian dramatist, whose work shows the influence of Ibsen's later style. He was for some years (1884–8) Director of Det Norske Teatret in Bergen. His first play, Tante Ulrikke (1884), was a deftly satirical contribution to contemporary... Read more
biotelemetry biotelemetry
biotelemetry (radiotelemetry) Remote-sensing method for monitoring animal movements using small transmitters attached externally to the body of the animal or implanted within the body cavity. It enables the precise locations of animals to be followed, and may also monitor changes in heartbeat, e.g.... Read more
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Monitor lizards Monitor lizards
Monitor Lizards Biology of monitors Species of monitors Monitors and people Resources Monitor lizards include 60 living species of large lizards in the genus Varanus, family Varanidae. Monitors inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Monitors are among the... Read more
Telemetry Telemetry
Telemetry Telemetry, from the Greek tele(far) and metron(measure), is the collection of data using automated sensors that transmit their results to a central monitoring point. A telemetric sensor may be stationary (e.g., fixed on the sea floor) or aboard a... Read more
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