The team
The Baffin Island expedition brought together individuals with a range of skills. The criteria for participation: “qualifications for scientific work…experience and capability for living hard…personality and good humour.”
Expedition leader, Scottish-born Canadian Patrick D. Baird, a specialist in the study of glaciers.
Among the other members were zoologist V.C. Wynne-Edwards of Scotland ...
... Pierre Dansereau, a Canadian botanist ...
... and Francoise Dansereau, an artist.
The Inuit people have inhabited Baffin Island for thousands of years. Their assistance was vital to the expedition.
