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Frozen lake in northern foothills above Polar Bear Pass Base Camp, Bathurst Island


Accession no.:	Y: 2012/20/32
Object name:	Sketch
Title:	Frozen lake in northern foothills above Polar Bear Pass Base Camp, Bathurst Island
Description:	View of the lake. There is a possible Inuit cache overlooking the lake to the east. To the west, the valley becomes a gorge, overlooked by purple saxifrage and dwarf willow bluffs. The artist noted that "I walked north into the low foothills, from Bezal Jedusason’s Base Camp, seeing three arctic hares before reaching this ice-covered lake."
Medium:	Sketch
Artist:	Woolmore, Ray
Note:	Two miles north of Polar Bear Pass Base Camp in low foothills. Approx. Lat. 76°'N, 98°'W
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 229mm, height: 152mm mount: Dimensions: ?

Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection