The expedition

Sponsored by the Arctic Institute of North America and several other agencies and organizations, the expedition to Baffin Island brought together an international assemblage that spent the summer of 1950 gathering data on the island’s glaciers, plants and animals, geology, and climate. 

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Map courtesy of Natural Resources Canada

https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

Nunavut Territory, showing Baffin Island and the area explored in 1950.