Axel Heiberg Island

Axel Heiberg Island is an island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. Located in the Arctic Ocean, it is the 31st largest island in the world and Canadas seventh largest island. According to Statistics Canada,it has an area of 43,178 km2 (16,671 sq mi).One of the larger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, it is also a member of the Sverdrup Islands and Queen Elizabeth Islands. It is known for its unusual fossil forests, which date from the Eocene period. Owing to the lack of mineralization in many of the forest specimens, the traditional characterization of fossilisation fails for these forests and mummification may be a clearer description. It is clear that the Axel Heiberg forest was a high latitude wetland forest.