Foulk Fjord

Foulk Fjord
Foulk Fjord is located in Greenland
Foulk Fjord
Foulk Fjord
Location in Greenland
LocationArctic
Coordinates78°18′N 72°35′W / 78.300°N 72.583°W / 78.300; -72.583
Ocean/sea sourcesBaffin Bay
Basin countriesGreenland
Max. length50 km (31 mi)
Max. width1.5 miles (2.4 km)

Foulk Fjord is a fjord in Avannaata municipality in northwestern Greenland.

Geography

Located near Reindeer Point, the fjord is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) wide and several miles long with 2,000 ft (610 m) cliffs on each side. Brother John's Glacier terminates at the eastern end of the fjord. At the foot of the glacier is Lake Alida, a small body of frozen fresh water. The northern end of Baffin Bay west of the former village of Etah, narrows into Nares Strait between Greenland and Ellesmere Island, and is usually frozen from October to July. Given the harsh climate, the growing season in the fjord is limited to about six to eight weeks.[1]

History

Brother John's Glacier as seen from Foulke Fjord (frozen) near Etah, Greenland, Spring 1938
Main article: Etah, Greenland

The area lies on the ancient migration route from the north of the Canadian Arctic, with several waves of ancient migrants passing through the area, from the northbound Independence I and Independence II cultures 4,400 and 2,700 years ago, respectively, to the southbound Thule culture migrants a thousand years ago. It is also the point where the last migration of the Inuit from Baffin Island reached the coast of Greenland in 1865.[2] An Inuit shaman named Qidlaq led the migrants from Baffin Island alongside the coast of Ellesmere Island for seven years, crossing the strait and fjord to Etah. The group split there, with some returning to Pond Inlet in Canada at a cost of many lives. Inhabitants of Pituffik, later relocated to Qaanaaq, are partially descended from this last group of Arctic migrants to Greenland.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Journal / New York (City). Botanical Garden, Volumes 48-49. 1947. p. 83.
  2. ^ a b Ehrlich, Gretel (2001). This Cold Heaven: Seven Seasons in Greenland. Random House. pp. 26–7, 141, 239, 348. ISBN 978-0-679-75852-5.


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