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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 deeply indented by fjords.

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Axel Heiberg, Nunavut/Canada An island first visited by a Norwegian expedition in 1899, led by Otto Sverdrup who named it after the Norwegian consul.

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	A Hans Kruger Arctic Expedition cache on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut.(remnants of the German Arctic Expedition) Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2007
	Remote-sensing resources for monitoring glacier fluctuations on Axel Heiberg Island. Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2000
	Marine mollusca from Expedition Fijord, Western Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/1996

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	A Hans Kruger Arctic Expedition cache on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut.(remnants of the German Arctic Expedition) Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...archaeological site near Cape Southwest, Axel Heiberg Island. On the basis of its location...have perished before reaching Axel Heiberg Island, and that the survivors, in...Kruger, archaeology, geology, Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut RESUME. En 1999, une... Read more
	Remote-sensing resources for monitoring glacier fluctuations on Axel Heiberg Island. Magazine article from: Arctic; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...with particular reference to Axel Heiberg Island. Early terrestrial photographs...resources become intermittent, but Axel Heiberg Island glaciers have been imaged quite...than thereafter. Key words: Axel Heiberg Island, glacier monitoring, remote... Read more
	Marine mollusca from Expedition Fijord, Western Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...3-82 m in Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg Island, Canada. Cluster analysis...mollusca, fiords, Canadian Arctic, Axel Heiberg Island, Greenland, ecology, zoogeography...inhabiting Expedition Fiord, western Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T. (Fig.1), were recovered... Read more
	Observations of the terminus of Bunde Glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, in 1955 and 1983. Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...degrees]45'W on northwestern Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago...Key words: alpine glacier, Axel Heiberg Island, terminal moraine, advance...east-west strip of northern Axel Heiberg Island at 80[degrees]30'N during the... Read more
	Late Cretaceous plesiosaur teeth from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada. Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...teeth from non-marine strata on Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian High Arctic...plesiosaur in non-marine strata on Axel Heiberg Island supports the suggestion that...Key words: Late Cretaceous, Axel Heiberg Island, elasmosaurids, paleoclimate... Read more
	Archaeology and petrology of coal artifacts from a Thule settlement on Axel Heiberg Island, Arctic Canada. Magazine article from: Arctic; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...located on the east coast of Axel Heiberg Island, Canada. One specimen has a...Key words: Arctic Canada, Axel Heiberg Island, Thule culture, coal artifacts...Mokka Fiord on the east side of Axel Heiberg Island (Sutherland, 1980, 1981, 1983... Read more
	Axel Heiberg expedition. (Northern News).(June 2004)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Arctic; 3/1/2003; 168 words ; The Wilderness Research Foundation is organizing a multidisciplinary scientific expedition to southern Axel Heiberg Island to depart at the end of June 2004. Transportation from a designated assembly area to the field and back, group... Read more
	Distribution of stream macroalgae in four high Arctic drainage basins. Magazine article from: Arctic; 12/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...the central portions of Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Islands. The streams included...relatively low. Key words: Axel Heiberg Island, Chlorophyta, Cyanophyta...the central portions of Axel Heiberg and Ellesmere Islands (Fig. 1). The relatively... Read more
	Submerged aquatic bryophytes in Colour Lake, a naturally acidic polar lake with occasional year-round ice-cover. Magazine article from: Arctic; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ABSTRACT. Colour Lake is a small, naturally acidic (pH 3.7) lake on Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic) that experiences occasional year-round ice cover. We investigated the benthic vegetation of this lake, with...Key Words: Arctic lakes, aquatic bryophytes, photosynthesis, light, temperature RESUME. ... Read more
	Kruger's final camp in Arctic Canada?(InfoNorth) Magazine article from: Arctic; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Laurie were surveying raised marine shorelines on Axel Heiberg Island halfway between Cape Southwest and the mouth...between the southwest extremity of Ellesmere Island and North Kent Island, far to the south of the team's intended path... Read more