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Plants


The plants collected by the Expedition were identified by various experts and described in Volume V: Botany of the Expedition report series. Most of the vascular plants were collected by Fritz Johansen. Although he was primarily a marine biologist, he also collected many plants during his travels with the Expedition. From these collections, botanists determined that some 230 species of vascular plants occur on the Arctic shore between Point Barrow, Alaska, and Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut.

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CMN Archives RMA Coll. HL-59

"Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-16. Anemone sp. (Nr. 42.) Hills (S - side) E of Collinson Point, Alaskan Arctic Coast. June 15 - 1914. (1 sheet plants pressed.) Fritz Johansen. Collected and painted." Source: Canadian Museum of Nature


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CMN Archives RMA Coll. HL-59

Pencil drawing of plants, plate XII from CAE report on Botany. Source: Canadian Museum of Nature


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Large willows, CAE geologist J.J. O'Neill in them to show height of trees, near mouth of Hood River, Arctic Sound, Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut. August 28, 1915. RMA 39199. Source: Canadian Museum of Civilization


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Joe Allen Evyagotailak in willow thicket at the possible site of the 1915 wolf attack on Diamond Jenness, Coppermine River. September 28, 2002. Source: David Gray