Hazen Camp | |
Settlement Type: | Emergency shelter |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Nunavut#Canada |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Territory |
Subdivision Name1: | Nunavut |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Qikiqtaaluk Region |
Population Total: | 0 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Coordinates: | 81.8167°N -91°W |
Hazen Camp is a shelter maintained and operated by Parks Canada. It contains many all-weather shelters for the park staff. The visiting researchers set up tents in the camp area.[1]
Hazen Camp was originally established in 19571958 for Operation Hazen. It was one of the most comprehensive science research projects ever in the Canadian High Arctic.[2] Today, Hazen Camp is used as a Warden Station and an access point to Quttinirpaaq National Park.[3]
Hazen Camp is situated halfway along the north shore of Lake Hazen. The closest inhabited place is Alert, the research station and CFS Alert, about northeast. The closest public settlement is Grise Fiord, over south southwest. McGill Mountain (81.9833°N -106°W) is very close to the station, about north northwest, rising .[4]