Fritz Müller, 1926-1980

... Fritz first came to the Arctic Institute in 1955 .... He came as a McGill-Carnegie Arctic Research Scholar to undertake the study of pingos, which form the basis of his doctoral dissertation and of the definitive publications on pingos, which were his first major scientific contributions. ... After two very full field expeditions to the Mackenzie Delta and Greenland in connection with the pingo work, Fritz left the Arctic Institute and McGill to accompany the successful Swiss Everest Expedition of 1956. ... Fritz climbed to the 8200-m level, taking the opportunity to extend his studies of patterned ground, begun in Greenland, to levels close to 8000 m in the South Col. ... In 1959, Fritz returned to Canada as a Research Associate at McGill and as leader of the Jacobson-McGill Arctic Research Expedition to Axel Heiberg Island, which has effectively operated ever since. Fritz himself was in the field in the Arctic Islands for eighteen field seasons during the last two decades. ... Although Fritz left Canada in 1970 to become head of the Department of Geography at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, he maintained an expedition office and the title of Honorary Professor at McGill for the remainder of his life. ... [During the Seventies, he was extensively involved] in the North Water Project, a study of the relatively ice-free areas between Devon and Ellesmere islands and Greenland, and its surrounding land and ice masses. ... In addition to his roles as leader of the Axel Heiberg and North Water projects, he set up glaciological teaching and research programs at McGill and ETH, ... [and chaired a number of committees of a number of international organizations across Canada, Germany, Switzerland and the United States.] ... We are pleased to report that the Government of the Northwest Territories has officially re-named the ice cap in central Axel Heiberg Island (70 47 N, 91 30 W) as the Müller Ice Cap, in his memory

Discussion of “Glacier velocities and dynamic discharge from the ice masses of Baffin Island and Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canada"

A similar investigation into calving glaciers and iceberg production on Baffin and Bylot Islands was initiated by the Canadian Government in the 1970s. This is described and reference made to the Glacier Atlas of Canada which, in identifying all individual glaciers in this region of the Canadian Arctic, obviates the need to develop an independent numbering system when individual glaciers need to be identified.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author

An assessment of the ice masses of Axel Heiberg Island, N.W.T. : a study of glacier inventory

Note:The measurements proposed for' a glacier inventory, including the form of a basic data sheet suitable for computer analysis, are discussed in Part I. The importance ofstandardizing glacier identification, the quantitative data (elevation, linear, area volume mC'H:U3Ur'cments and their accuracy) and the qualitative information (glacier description and classification) is stressed. Elevation of the snow line and of the mean accumulation & ablation areas is included in the inventory. The feasibility of the inventory proposals was successfully tested in a pilot study on the 1101 glaciers of Axel Heiberg Island (BOON) 900 W) , Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The great variety of glaciers; covering 31.5 per cent of the island, permitted evaluation of many critical problems. Basic data for each glacier is presented as a computer printout, accompanied by an index map, and the physiography and climate of the area and a list of source material included. Part 11 can be considered the first completed example of an International Hydrological decade world glacier inventory