Ellesmere Island
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Ellesmere Island is located in Nunavut, Canada. The third largest island in Canada, it is home to the Quttinirpaaq National Park and forms part of the Arctic Cordillera.
Maps and satellite images
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Map indicating Hall Basin, Nunavut, Canada.
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Map indicating Smith Sound, Nunavut, Canada.
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Map indicating Kennedy Channel, Nunavut, Canada.
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Map indicating Robeson Channel, Nunavut, Canada.
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Image of Ellesmere Island showing the field site of the Tiktaalik discovery.
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Ellesmere Island, Northern Canada.
Landscapes
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Desiccated Arctic pond, 2006
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Eureka Weather Station in the distance
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Eureka Weather Station, view from the airstrip – background Slidre Fiord and coast of Fosheim Peninsula on Ellesmere Island.
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Slidre Fiord with Eureka Weather Station; horizon: Fosheim Peninsula and Sawtooth Range on Ellesmere Island.
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CFS Alert, northernmost permanent settlement on Earth
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Sawtooth Range on Ellesmere Island; in front: Slidre Fiord and Fosheim Peninsula
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Tanquary Fiord (view to the South), one of the main access points to the Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island.
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Osborn Range (photographed from Twin Otter), Ellesmere Island.
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Brent Glacier, part of the Osborn Range
Fauna
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Group of Arctic Hares, Ellesmere Island.
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Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.
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Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.
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Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.