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Isachsen
Isachsen is a remote Arctic research- weather station named after the Norwegian explorer of the Arctic, Gunnar Isachsen. It is located on the western shore of Ellef Ringnes Island in the Sverdrup Islands, in the territory of Nunavut in Canada. Isachsen Station was established to participate in a joint Canadian-American weather observation program. Isachsen Station operated from April 3, 1948 through September 19, 1978. Regular weather observations began on May 3, 1948. It unfortunately had an accident in October of 1949 when a military c-47 cargo jet crashed shortly after takeoff. No one was seriously injured but the wreckage still remains.
Isachsen (disambiguation)
Isachsen was a weather station.
Isachsen may also refer to:
- Andreas Isachsen
- Gunnar Isachsen
- Herbert Isachsen