The site of Fort Magnesia, Payer Harbour, Pirn Island, NWT
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9220552 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner Barr (0000-0003-0064-0211, University of Saskatchewan), Weston Blake (Geological Survey of Canada) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 156 |
| Pages | 39-42 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247400022750 |
| OpenAlex | W1976063797 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The site of Fort Magnesia, the base hut of a three-man expedition to Payer Harbour, Pirn Island, in the Canadian Arctic, has recently been rediscovered by a party from the Geological Survey of Canada. Erected by Robert Stein's party in summer 1899, and used by them for two years, the hut was almost certainly moved to another site by Robert E. Peary for his over-wintering in 1901–02. Only fragments of the hut now remain. Five graves, probably of Peary's Eskimo helpers, are located nearby
Archaeology · Arctic · Geography · Harbour · The arctic · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography · Polar Research and Ecology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |