Mystery cairns on Washington Irving Island
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9224285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karen McCullough (0000-0003-4231-3462, University of Calgary), Peter Schledermann (0000-0003-3672-9912, University of Calgary) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 195 |
| Pages | 289-298 |
| Publication date | 1999-10-01 |
| 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/s0032247400015643 |
| OpenAlex | W2143955654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 16 |
In 1875, members of the British Arctic Expedition under the command of George S. Nares discovered two ancient-looking stone cairns on Washington Irving Island at the entrance to Dobbin Bay, eastern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada. At least one of these cairns was destroyed by the expedition members to construct their own cairn. The possibility that these cairns were built by Norse voyagers to Kane Basin is supported by the large number of Norse artifacts recovered from Thule culture Inuit sites in the Bache Peninsula region just south of Washington Irving Island. Surveys of the island have identified scattered boulders marking the location of the cairns, but the question of the builders' identity still remains a mystery
Archaeology · Arctic · Art history · Bay · Geography · George (robot) · Peninsula · Structural basin · The arctic · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Oceanography · Paleontology · Polar Research and Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.12 |
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| Citation span | 2000 - 2019 (20) |
| Highly cited | No |