This photo and the following were all taken on or about the north end of  Ellef Ringnes Island in the early 70s.  I apologise for the black and white photos but it was my first camera and I actually thought of being an artist.  Other then the black and white film issue I was too lazy to take many photos.  What a goof!!  The photos are in no particular order at this time.

The dark object near the ridge edge is a person, a jughound actually.

Most of Ellef Ringnes, or the portions I visited, looked pretty much like this.  A couple of times it was so windy the rocks were moving or rolling - as much as non-round sharp-edged rocks can roll.  It was more like they being blown quarter or half rolls at a time.  Strange sounds, square rocks rolling - sort of like rocks being dropped.  In one area the camp was in a valley and the surrounding hills appeared to be shaped by the wind.  All the hills were shaped like Hoodoos, made up of nothing but broken rocks.

A tracked vehicle and workers off to the left.

It was near this area we found a hillside with some grass, the only time.  We stopped and had lunch.  While sitting on the snow we heard some lemmings moving under the snow.  The only life we saw on Ellef Ringnes.

At the time the magnetic North Pole was hundreds of miles to the south.  Even now the magnetic North Pole is situated near the north end of the island.

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