Truro Island

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name = Truro Island


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location = Northern Canada
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archipelago = Queen Elizabeth Islands
Canadian Arctic Archipelago
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country admin divisions title 1 = Qikiqtaaluk Region
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Truro Island lies within the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. It is one of the mid-waterway islands in the McDougall Sound between Bathurst Island and Cornwallis Island. Long and narrow, the island is 21 km². [cite web |url=http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=75.2832999986&long=-97.1832999997&mapxy=-61283.092746+2867902.24785&scale=5000000&feature_na=Truro+Island&location1=62&unique_key=0cf825c7849c20c3ba463ef303f2ce77&searchstring=Truro%20Island&entity=ISL&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0cf825c7849c20c3ba463ef303f2ce77%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+TEXT+%22Truro%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+TEXT+%22Truro%2BIsland%22+END%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom0outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom1outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Bpolygonresultzoom2outline%5D%3DDATA+fap_islands%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+-61383.5046255+2866590.323+END+END |title=Truro Island |accessdate=2008-04-30 |date=2006-02-06 |publisher=nrcan.gc.ca]

Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment

Truro Island was the base camp for several Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment ("C-ICE") studies which provide data on atmosphere, sea ice, and ocean interaction, including "C-ICE'2000", [cite web |url=http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:XopH_DRD0bIJ:ftp://ftp2.chc.nrc.ca/CRTreports/TC/CHC_TR_057_Seasonal_Decay.pdf+%22Truro+Island%22+C-ICE&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Seasonal Decay of First Year Sea Ice |accessdate=2008-04-30 |last=Johnston |first=M. |coauthors=Frederking, R. |date=September 2000 |work= |publisher=Canadian Hydraulics Centre, National Research Council of Canada] "C-ICE'2001", [cite web |url=http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:E8qb2FworNUJ:www.umanitoba.ca/ceos/files/projects_c-ice_data_report_2001_section_1.pdf+%22Truro+Island%22+C-ICE&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=C-ICE 2001 Data Report |accessdate=2008-04-30 |publisher=Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba] and "C-ICE'2002" [cite web |url=http://209.85.207.104/search?q=cache:Q0tW37ZyT8EJ:www.umanitoba.ca/ceos/files/ceos_annual_report_2002-2003.pdf+%22Truro+Island%22+mine&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us&client=firefox-a |title=Annual Report for Research Centers and Institutes |accessdate=2008-04-30 |last=Mosscrop |first=David R. |coauthors=Barber, D.G. |date=2005-02-25 |publisher=Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba] .

References

External links

* [http://www.licor.com/env/Products/GasAnalyzers/7500/canadian_arctic.jsp Collaborative Interdisciplinary Cryospheric Experiment (C-ICE)] - scientific experiments on Truro Island
* [http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-157037896.html Synopsis Of The Polaris Zn-Pb-Cu District, Canadian Arctic Islands, Nunavut] - mining on Truro Island