Arctic articles from December 2002

Arctic archives from December 2002

Northern research legacies and the future: a university perspective.
December 1, 2002... I am writing as a Canadian who was involved in northern research as a post-doctoral student in the 1970s and who, since then, has been involved as a researcher and educator in southern university-based northern studies. My goal is to bring...

Research in the North American North: action and reaction.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. The political mobilization of indigenous peoples in the North American North has resulted in new guidelines, statements of ethical principles, and consultative processes for the conduct of scientific research. This article explores...

Search for Barents: evaluation of possible burial sites on North Novaya Zemlya, Russia.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Three cairns on northernmost Novaya Zemlya identified as possible rock-pile graves by Russian investigators in 1977 and 1988 were located and inspected for human remains. These cairns are in the area visited by Dutch seafarers between...

Feeding patterns of barren-ground grizzly bears in the central Canadian Arctic.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. We collected 169 grizzly bear scats between 1994 and 1997 to determine the dietary habits of barren-ground grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) inhabiting Canada's central Arctic. From personal observations and fecal analysis, we concluded...

Aberrant radiocarbon dates on an Inuit arrowhead.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Apparently aberrant radiocarbon dates on a Thule culture antler artefact lead to the conclusion that this tool was made of material that was already ancient at the time of manufacture. This finding documents a potential problem in the...

Potential for timberline advance in northern Finland, as revealed by monitoring during 1983-99.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Seedling density, tree density and basal area of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) were monitored and compared in the timberline areas of northern Finland during the period 1983-99. Rows of...

The polar bear management agreement for the southern Beaufort Sea: an evaluation of the first ten years of a unique conservation agreement.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) of the southern Beaufort Sea population, distributed from approximately Icy Cape, west of Point Barrow, Alaska, to Pearce Point, east of Paulatuk in Canada, are harvested by hunters from both countries....

Chances for Arctic survival: Greely's expedition revisited.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. A. W. Greely's historic starvation camp of 1883-84 was revisited from April to June 1998. Our study revealed that the "sea fleas" reported to be the salvation of the expedition survivors were lysianassoid crustaceans Onisimus...

Submerged aquatic bryophytes in Colour Lake, a naturally acidic polar lake with occasional year-round ice-cover.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Colour Lake is a small, naturally acidic (pH 3.7) lake on Axel Heiberg Island (Canadian High Arctic) that experiences occasional year-round ice cover. We investigated the benthic vegetation of this lake, with a specific aim of...

Effect of muskox carcasses on nitrogen concentration in tundra vegetation.
December 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. We observed a steep gradient of nitrogen concentration in plants growing around carcasses of four adult muskoxen that had been lying for five or more years on the tundra in the Canadian Arctic. The gradient reached an asymptote at 2 m...

Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... LOOKING BOTH WAYS: HERITAGE AND IDENTITY OF THE ALUTIIQ PEOPLE. Edited by ARON L. CROWELL, AMY F. STEFFIAN, and GORDON L. PULLAR. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. xii + 265 p., colour and b&w illus., maps, glossary, bib., index....

German Exploration of the Polar World: A History, 1870-1940.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... GERMAN EXPLORATION OF THE POLAR WORLD: A HISTORY, 1870-1940. By DAVID T. MURPHY. Lincoln, Nebraska, and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8032-3205-5. xii + 273 p., maps, b&w illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$49.95;...

Thunder on the Tundra: Inuit Qaujima-Jatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... THUNDER ON THE TUNDRA: INUIT QAUJIMA-JATUQANGIT OF THE BATHURST CARIBOU. By NATASHA THORPE, NAIKAK HAKONGAK, SANDRA EYEGETOK, and THE KITIKMEOT ELDERS. Victoria, British Columbia: Tuktu and Nogak Project, 2001. ISBN 0-9689636-0-9. (Available...

Fifty More Years Below Zero: Tributes and Meditations for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory's First Half Century.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... FIFTY MORE YEARS BELOW ZERO: TRIBUTES AND MEDITATIONS FOR THE NAVAL ARCTIC RESEARCH LABORATORY'S FIRST HALF CENTURY. Edited by DAVID W. NORTON. Calgary, Alberta, and Fairbanks, Alaska: The Arctic Institute of North America. 576 p., colour and...

By Airship to the North Pole: An Archaeology of Human Exploration & Arctic Mission: By Airship and Submarine to the Far North.(Book Review)
December 1, 2002... BY AIRSHIP TO THE NORTH POLE: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF HUMAN EXPLORATION. By PJ. CAPELOTTI. 1999. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. xxiv + 211 p., b&w., illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$26.00. ARCTIC MISSION: BY...

Books received.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
December 1, 2002... ALASKA NATIVES AND AMERICAN LAWS. By DAVID S. CASE and DAVID A. VOLUCK. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2002. ISBN 1-889963-98-9. xiv + 550 p., bib., index. Softbound. US$29.95. ANTARCTICA: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA FROM ABBOTT ICE SHELF TO...

Letter to the editor.
December 1, 2002... Dear Editor: In the summer of 1962, Stephen Windisch and I from Hazen Camp visited the head of Tanquary Fiord to prospect a site for a new field camp, which the Defence Research Board proposed to establish mainly for oceanographic work....

Andrew Hall Macpherson (1932-2002).
December 1, 2002... Ptarmigan stew for breakfast, pilot biscuits for lunch, catch-of-the-day' stew for dinner--walking 10 miles or more a day, usually over rough terrain, often in snow or slush, sometimes wading knee- to waist-deep across frigid streams--shooting...

Franz Van De Velde, O.M.I. (1909-2002).
December 1, 2002... Franz Van de Velde, O.M.I., a Roman Catholic missionary well known in the Kitikmeot and northern Hudson Bay regions, died in Marelbeke, Belgium, on 22 February 2002 at age 92. Member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate religious order, cultural...

David St. Aubin (1952-2002).
December 1, 2002... Imagine the scene. Dave, strong, youthful and sharp-eyed, poised to leap off the bow of a swift-turning zodiac, hurl himself into the frigid Arctic waters, and deftly place a hoop-net over the head of a thrashing beluga whale. Each evening we...

Dispersal in adult Arctic ground squirrels: why do males do what they do? (Info North).
December 1, 2002... INTRODUCTION LIKE MOST OTHER CHILDREN, when I was young I could spend hours watching ants, beetles, and other insects move through their environment. Where are they going, I would wonder. How do they know when to stop? Are they following a...

Distribution and habitat requirements of scoters in the Mackenzie Delta region. (Info North).(Melanitta fusca and M. perspicallata)
December 1, 2002... SEVERAL YEARS AGO, Gwich'in hunters and elders began to wonder why "black ducks" (the local name for white-winged scoters Melanitta fusca and surf scoters M. perspicallata) were less common than they had been previously. Wildlife biologists...

ICC Canada receives Environment Award. (Northern News).(Inuit Circumpolar Conference)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Congratulations to the Inuit Circumpolar Conference Canada, which was selected as the recipient of the inaugural Global Award for the Environment, 2002. This award comes from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO), an...

New Scientific Coordinator for CNSC. (Northern News).(Churchill Northern Studies Centre)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... This autumn the Churchill Northern Studies Centre (CNSC) hired Dr. LeeAnn Fishback as the CNSC's Scientific Coordinator. Dr. Fishback's research activities include the study of soil development in the High Arctic and aspects of soil and water...

Pond Inlet Elder wins a Governor General's Award. (Northern News).(Elisapie Ootova )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2002... Elisapie Ootova of Pond Inlet, Nunavut, was one of six recipients of the Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case, which recognizes women who have worked to improved equality for women in Canada. The Canadian government...

AINA news.(Arctic Institute of North America)
December 1, 2002... Acting editor for ARCTIC. From August to November, Senior Research Associate and Editorial Advisor Peter Schledermann assumed the editorial duties for the journal while editor Karen McCullough was absent on medical leave. In his role as...