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Glacier Inventory of Canada - Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories (area 4644) / C.S.L. Ommanney.: En36-515/37E-PDF

"Axel Heiberg Island (80°N, 90°W) has been used as a pilot study for the first Canadian glacier inventory report for the International Hydrological Decade. The island has 1121 glaciers which cover 11,735 km 2 , or 31 per cent of the land area, and which have an estimated volume of 3,222 km3 of ice. Basic data for each glacier are presented as a computer printout and referenced to a set of index maps. Details of the physiography, climate and history of the island, as well as source materials and procedures used, are discussed"--Abstract.

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Department/Agency
  • Canada. Environment Canada.
  • Canada. Inland Waters Branch.
  • Canada. Department of Energy, Mines and Resources.
TitleGlacier Inventory of Canada - Axel Heiberg Island, Northwest Territories (area 4644) / C.S.L. Ommanney.
Series title
  • Technical bulletin ; no. 37
Publication typeMonograph - View Master Record
Language[English]
FormatDigital text
Electronic document
Note(s)
  • Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada].
  • Includes bibliographical references.
  • Includes preface and abstract in French.
Publishing information
  • Ottawa : Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources, Inland Waters Branch, 1969.
Author / Contributor
  • Ommanney, C. Simon L., 1942-
Descriptionx, 97 p. : ill.
Catalogue number
  • En36-515/37E-PDF
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