Cape Sabine

Cape Sabine

Cape Sabine is a land point on Pim Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Cape Sabine was the site of the rescue of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1884. [cite web |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-30422845.html |title=Ghosts of Cape Sabine: the harrowing true story of the Greely expedition |accessdate=2008-04-14 |last=Guttridge |first=Leonard F. |coauthors= |date=2000-09-01 |work= |publisher=Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary]

This cape was named after Arctic explorer Sir Edward Sabine (1758-1930).

References

* [http://yourpage.weehours.com/cockedhat/ 2004 Recreation of Expedition]


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