Talk:Ellesmere Island

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Media[edit]

I think a section should be added on it's presence in the media. It's a major part of the book 'The Deception Point' by Dan Brown. I'm sure there is others. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.167.89.219 (talk)

  • Speaking of books, Christopher Paolini uses the name as a cognate of sorts for a city in his trilogy--FullMetal (talk) 00:52, 14 December 2007 (UTC)

Maybe a section could be added about magnetic declination pole. Has anyone search the location of the pole during the time the Vikings explored America? I would think this might be an interesting location to search. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.75.98.22 (talk) 06:25, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Post-Ruin Island[edit]

I do not know what this means. Google search for "Post-Ruin Island" shows duplicates of the wikipedia item. (Assuming Wp is the original source.) I suggest this phrase should be elucidated, linked or removed. Toronto, 416 423 0243 (talk) 13:34, 15 September 2013 (UTC)

Spelling[edit]

Changed spelling of Grise Fiord per official Canadian dual language geographic name listing:

http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html

-- Caltrop

Projection[edit]

Am I the only one who thinks that it's a spectacularly bad idea to use the Mercator projection for an island this far north? Psychonaut 00:08, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

No. I'd vote to upload a better map, but I don't know where to find one in the public domain. Thehappysmith 10:02, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Ward Hunt[edit]

I've just written the article on Ward Hunt and am wondering... it seems highly questionable, but does anyone know where the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf and Ward Hunt Island got their names? Thehappysmith 10:02, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

first sighting[edit]

Is it politically (or even factually) correct to say that the island was first sighted by William Baffin? Surely the Inuit saw it first? Maybe we should say that Baffin was the first European to see the island? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.239.215.132 (talk)

Agreed... the History section of an article like this usually starts out with geological age, then the date and origins earliest human populations, as opposed to sighting by the first European. Does anyone know of a good source for this information? Cleduc 16:39, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Northern Canada has some information, but no primary sources listed. Ideas? Cleduc 16:44, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
Here are some bibliography references:
There are for the most part not available online, and probably not available at your local Chapters or Barnes & Noble, though. -Aude (talk | contribs) 17:20, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Population[edit]

Are there still 168 people or has someone died yet? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jerdwyer (talkcontribs)

Geological history[edit]

Does anyone have a likely source for the geological history of the island -- when and how it formed? Cleduc 21:44, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Pictures[edit]

Ellesmere Island is absolutely beautiful. I think it would be nice if there were some pictures here instead of just maps Canking 23:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I agree I mean there are things in the island arctic that are nice than anywhere else in the world. It may be like the frontier of Canada with huge mountains, glaciers, and tundra. User:Virtue accont June 2007

American Claims by Right of Discovery[edit]

It is my impression, based on reading materials from the period, that the American expeditions on Ellesmere Island gave the United States, if only for a time, precedence under international law in their right to hold sovereignty over the island. If this was ever true, when was it, and also where? Are there any good articles on the subject?CharlesRobertCountofNesselrode 11:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

United States Range[edit]

I don't think the United States Range is the northernmost mountain range on Earth. The United States Range is located (82°13′N 66°1′W / 82.217°N 66.017°W / 82.217; -66.017), however there's another mountain range called the Challenger Mountains which appears to be northwest of the United States Range (82°33′N 74°33′W / 82.550°N 74.550°W / 82.550; -74.550). Black Tusk 08:12, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Semi-related: the article says Ellesmere contains the northernmost point of land in Canada. Isn't it also the northernmost point of land on earth? McGehee (talk) 04:18, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
No, Kaffeklubben Island is the notrhernmost point of land on earth. Also Cape Morris Jesup, the northern tip of mainland Greenland, reaches further north than Ellesmere Island.--Ratzer (talk) 17:18, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Crocodiles millions of years ago[edit]

On 60 Minutes just now it was stated that crocodiles lived on Ellesmere Island millions of years ago, during a particularly warm period. Perhaps the article should go a bit further back to this period. Badagnani (talk) 00:12, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

I see Tiktaalik is already mentioned, but the climate at that time should also be mentioned in that passage. Badagnani (talk) 00:13, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Arrival of Inuit[edit]

In the section "History of Ellesmere Island" it says that the first inhabitants of Ellesmere Island were small bands of Inuit drawn to the area for Peary Caribou, muskox, and marine mammal hunting about 1000-2000 BC. However, the Thule culture did not come out of Alaska until about 1000 CE. So is this anachronistic reference to Inuit actuall the Dorset, Saqqaq, Independance I or Endependance II cultures? I shall remove that reference to the Inuit and let somebody else put in place the proper peoples. Bytor (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 14:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

dorset = paleoeskimo?[edit]

"As was the case for the Dorset (or Palaeoeskimo) hunters and the pioneering Neoeskimos, "

The Dorset people were not a type of eskimo, they were displaced by the eskimo. The Dorset people were the aboriginal people of the NA artic and were displaced by the eskimo which came from Siberia.

According to Early Palaeo-Eskimo Culture (Précis, Chapter 21) the Palaeo-Eskimo were there before the Dorset. Also if you keep reading there is this sentence, "By the end of Period III a number of changes take place in Early Palaeo-Eskimo culture and initiate the Period IV Middle Palaeo-Eskimo culture referred to as Dorset." The timeline at Carlton University indicates the Palaeo-Eskimo came before the Dorset and from Siberia. Other reading Archeaeological Sites of Newfoundland and Labrador. CambridgeBayWeather Have a gorilla 23:33, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands vs. Category:Ellesmere Island[edit]

Category:Ellesmere Island is itself a category within Category:Queen Elizabeth Islands. — Robert Greer (talk) 03:40, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Is that not correct? I thought that Ellesmere was part of QE Islands. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 07:35, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
Ah I see what you mean. Enter CambridgeBayWeather, waits for audience applause, not a sausage 07:47, 2 March 2009 (UTC)


Infobox width and length[edit]

There are multiple entries for these fields: I don't know which one is appropriate so I have left them as they are, could someone more knowledgeable delete all but the correct version?Ordinary Person (talk) 04:32, 11 October 2012 (UTC)


сделайте произношение у географических названий, а то не поймёшь, как правильно читать, мазефакари — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.41.3.155 (talk) 14:47, 27 November 2013 (UTC)