Truro Island lies within the
Arctic Archipelago
The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark).
Situated in the northern extremity of No ...
in the
Qikiqtaaluk Region
The Qikiqtaaluk Region, Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut syllabics: ᕿᑭᖅᑖᓗᒃ ) or Baffin Region is the easternmost, northernmost, and southernmost administrative region of Nunavut, Canada. Qikiqtaaluk is the traditional Inuktitut name f ...
of
northern Canada
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's territory of
Nunavut
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. It is one of the mid-waterway islands in the
McDougall Sound
McDougall Sound is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located between southeastern Bathurst Island and western Cornwallis island. The sound's southern mouth opens to the Parry Channel, and beyond that, to the Barrow Strait ...
between
Bathurst Island and
Cornwallis Island. Long and narrow, the island is .
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment
Truro Island was the base camp for several Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (''C-ICE'') studies which provide data on atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean interaction, including ''C-ICE'2000'', ''C-ICE'2001'', and ''C-ICE'2002''.
See also
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David G. Barber
David George Barber, (28 November 1960 – 15 April 2022) was a Canadian environmental scientist and academic known for his contributions to Arctic science, in particular the study of Arctic sea ice processes. He held the Canada Research Chair ...
References
External links
Truro Islandin the
Atlas of Canada
The Atlas of Canada (french: L'Atlas du Canada) is an online atlas published by Natural Resources Canada that has information on every city, town, village, and hamlet in Canada. It was originally a print atlas, with its first edition being publishe ...
- Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (C-ICE) scientific experiments on Truro Island
mining on Truro Island
Islands of the Queen Elizabeth Islands
Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region
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