A Soper Record Cairn from Baffin Island, N.W.T.

Authors

  • Douglas R. Stenton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2054

Keywords:

Exploration, Soper, Joseph Dewey, 1893-1982, Cairns, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Nettilling Lake region

Abstract

Two documents were recovered from a cairn located at the northern extremity of Nettilling Lake, Baffin Island. They record the details of J. Dewey Soper's winter expedition to Foxe Basin in 1926 and the travel itinerary of an Inuit hunting party.

Key words: arctic exploration, Baffin Island, archaeology, cairns, Dewery Soper, Nettilling Lake

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Published

1986-01-01

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (1986): March: 1–107

Section

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