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Grinnell Land is the central section of Ellesmere Island in the northernmost part of Nunavut territory in
Grinnell Land is the central section of Ellesmere Island in the northernmost part of Nunavut territory in Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
. It was named for Henry Grinnell
Henry Grinnell (February 18, 1799 – June 30, 1874) was an American merchant and philanthropist.
Early life
Grinnell was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on February 18, 1799. He was the son of Cornelius Grinnell (1758–1850) and Sylvia ( ...
, a shipping magnate from New York, who in the 1850s helped finance two expeditions to search for Franklin's lost expedition
Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain (Royal Navy), Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two ships, and , and was assigned to traverse the last unnavigated sect ...
.Mowat, Farley. ''The Polar Passion: The Quest for the North Pole''. 1967: McClelland and Stewart, p. 29
The name was given by Captain Edwin De Haven
Edwin Jesse DeHaven (May 7, 1816May 1, 1865) was a United States Navy officer and explorer of the first half of the 19th century who was best known for his command of the First Grinnell expedition in 1850, which was directed to ascertain what had ...
during the First Grinnell Expedition upon sighting the high grounds in September 1850. He beheld the landmass on the 22nd of that month, which was distinguished by its mountain tops which were seen to be "rising above the clouds." De Haven substantiated the name in his official report of the voyage, dated October 1851.
Grinnell Land is part of Quttinirpaaq National Park.
Fort Conger
Fort Conger is a former settlement, military fortification, and scientific research post in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It was established in 1881 as an Arctic exploration camp, notable as the site of the first major northern polar ...
is located the northern shore of Lady Franklin Bay
Lady Franklin Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. The bay is located in Nares Strait northwest of Judge Daly Promontory and is an inlet into the northeastern shore of Ellesmere Island.
Fort Conger—formerly ...
in Grinnell Land, across Bellot Island.
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References
*''Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Third Edition''. Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, 1997. . Ellesmere Island {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub