As part of their research, the University of Quebec is tagging Arctic hares on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic. Here, Ludovic Landry-Ducharme is in the process of catching one of them. Photo provided by: Ludovic Landry-Ducharme Ludovic Landry-Ducharme, an...
The landscape of Quttinirpaaq National Park is characterized by diverse tundra and glaciated mountains. Photo: Paul Gierszewski via Wikipedia(CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)(cropped) The new 10-year management plan for Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island, Canada’s...
Aside from living in trees, there is nothing in Ignacius dawsonae to suggest that a related species would evolve into the ancestors of primates, and thus us. But this and the sister species Ignacius mckennai are among the Primatomorpha, ancestors of primates, and are...
In May 2020, a 3,000 square kilometer polynya was first observed north of Ellesmere Island. The crack formed in the ‘Last Ice Area’, which is expected to be the last bastion of sea ice in the warming Arctic. (Photo: NASA EOSDIS Worldview) For two weeks in...
William Baffin was born in 1584, nothing is known about the place and date. Baffin was an English navigator and explorer. He is best known for his attempt to discover a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, becoming the first European to discover Baffin...
