Map of Canada and the arctic region, demonstrating how remote Ellef Ringnes Island really is. The arrow points to the north-western tip of the island. At the moment of the crash, in 1949, the airstrip at Isachsen was one of the most northerly land strips in the western hemisphere.

Detailed map of Ellef Ringnes Island. The white arrow indicates the position of the wreck, just a few kms east of the Isachsen weather station on the shoreline of Station Bay.