CEN project

Informations: Milne Fiord

 

Measurement site

  Latitude : 82.59132
  Longitude : -80.59707
  Altitude (m) :
  Startup date : January 1, 1900

Site location

   
Fiord located on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island.

Site description

   
This fiord contains the last known Arctic epishelf lake (a freshwater layer dammed by ice). This long fiord is facing north and is shaded by steep terrain. Milne Fiord is dammed by the Milne Ice Shelf and has the Milne Glacier at its head. Samples were collected from Neige Bay, a bay on the eastern side of the fiord with a maximum depth of 80 m.