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- ↑ "69.49,-135.288(Kendall Island)" . Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Berkes, Fikret (2005). Breaking ice: renewable resource and ocean management in the Canadian north. Vol. 1. Arctic Institute of North America. University of Calgary Press. p. 99. ISBN 1-55238-159-5.
- ↑ Great Britain Admiralty, Edwin J. De Haven, United States Navy Dept, Hudson's Bay Company (1852). Arctic expedition: Further correspondence and proceedings connected with the Arctic expedition. G. E. Eyre and W. Spottiswoode. p. 35.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "Kendall Island Sanctuary, Other Critical Bird Habitat Threatened by Mackenzie Gas Project". Nature Canada. January 17, 2006. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ Franklin, Sir John; Richardson, Sir John (1828). Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar seas, in the years 1825,1826, and 1827. Carey, Lea and Carey. p. 49.
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- ↑ Burnett, James Alexander (2003). A Passion for Wildlife: The History of the Canadian Wildlife Service . UBC Press. p. 20. ISBN 0-7748-0961-2.
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