Everything about Lougheed Island totally explained
Lougheed Island is one of the
Canadian arctic islands in
Nunavut,
Canada. Located at 77°26'N 105°06'W, it measures 1,308
km² in size. It relatively isolated compared to other Canadian Arctic islands, and is located halfway between
Ellef Ringnes Island to the northeast and
Melville Island to the southwest.
History
Lougheed Island was discovered in
1916 by
Vilhjalmur Stefansson as part of the Canadian Arctic Expedition.
On
April 14,
1993,
Environment Canada revoked a permit issued to
Panarctic Oils Ltd. to dispose of 400 tonnes of scrap metal in the ocean off Lougheed Island. The decision was taken in response to concerns expressed by residents of
Grise Fiord,
Resolute,
Arctic Bay and
Pond Inlet. Instead of disposing of the material at sea, a research project was initiated to evaluate the environmental impact of stockpiling scrap metal on Lougheed Island.
In
1994, Larry Newitt of the
Geological Survey of Canada and Charles Barton of the
Australian Geological Survey Organization established a temporary magnetic observatory on Lougheed Island, close to the predicted position of the
North Magnetic Pole, in order to monitor short-term fluctuations of the Earth's magnetic field.
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