Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Aksagajuktuq

Allan Angmarlik of Inuit Heritage Trust, along with Simo Alookie, Joshua Alookie, David Kooneeliusie visited Aksagajuktuq in search of a shipwreck believed to be of Norse origin. The goal of the expedition was to locate the shipwreck using the two landmarks told to them by elders. The team found two prominent landmarks told to them by elders but were not successful in locating the actual shipwreck. The prow was last seen in 1942 by lnuit elders from Padloping Island. It is believed that the ship may be fully embedded by rock boulders. The team will attempt to locate the wreck again next summer.

Resolute Bay

Patricia Sutherland, Canadian Museum of Civilization carried out an excavation at the M2 site (QeJu-2) atResolute Bay, with the assistance of a number of students from the community. The work was a continuation of a field school project begun in 1994 by the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Excavation focused on one small winter house structure, relating to the early Inuit occupation of the area. The work was supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Project and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

Kennedy Channel, Ellesmere Island

A helicopter reconnaissance was also carried out along the coastline of Kennedy Channel between Cape Baird and John Richardson Bay by Patricia Sutherland, Canadian Museum of Civilization and Margaret Bertulli, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre. Before 1998, this area of Ellesmere Island had never been subject to archaeological investigation. Sixty-eight site localities were recorded, relating to both Palaeo-Eskimo and Thule lnuit occupations. The work was supported by the Polar Continental Shelf Project and the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.

A Late Dorset site (TaAx-1) on John Richardson Bay, Ellesmere Island.