Ellesmere Island

Ellesmere Island is located in Nunavut, Canada. The third largest island in Canada, it is home to the Quttinirpaaq National Park and forms part of the Arctic Cordillera.

Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.	Map indicating Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.	Map indicating Hall Basin, Nunavut, Canada.	Map indicating Smith Sound, Nunavut, Canada.
Map indicating Kennedy Channel, Nunavut, Canada.	Map indicating Robeson Channel, Nunavut, Canada.	Image of Ellesmere Island showing the field site of the Tiktaalik discovery.	Ellesmere Island, Northern Canada.
Arctic pond, taken on a scientific expedition in 2006 at Cape Herschel on Ellesmere Island. Despite being filled with water for at least several thousand years, many of these ponds have desiccated since 1982, probably due to global warming.	Eureka Weather Station, view from the airstrip – background Slidre Fiord and coast of Fosheim Peninsula on Ellesmere Island.	Slidre Fiord with Eureka Weather Station; horizon: Fosheim Peninsula and Sawtooth Range on Ellesmere Island.	Sawtooth Range on Ellesmere Island; in front: Slidre Fiord and Fosheim Peninsula
Tanquary Fiord (view to the South), one of the main access points to the Quttinirpaaq National Park on Ellesmere Island.	Osborn Range (photographed from Twin Otter), Ellesmere Island.	Brent Glacier, part of the Osborn Range, Ellesmere Island, flowing down to Tanquary Fiord; opposite side: Mount Kennedy Icecap.	Group of Arctic Hares, Ellesmere Island.
Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.	Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.	Arctic Hare, Ellesmere Island.