Arctic articles from December 2004

Arctic archives from December 2004

Human Dimensions of the Arctic System.
December 1, 2004... In 1997, the National Science Foundation (USA) started a project called Human Dimensions of the Arctic System, given the acronym HARC. This initiative was part of the Arctic System Science Program, intended to promote understanding of the...

Sea changes ashore: the ocean and Iceland's Herring Capital.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. The story of Siglufjor[TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII]ur (Siglufjordur), a north Iceland village that became the "Herring Capital of the World," provides a case study of complex interactions between physical, biological, and social...

An Arctic disaster and its policy implications.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. The purpose of the research reported here is to help the community in Barrow, Alaska, clarify its vulnerability to extreme weather events, and devise better-informed policies for reducing that vulnerability and adapting to climate...

Drift velocities of ice floes in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea flaw zone: determinants of success by spring subsistence whalers in 2000 and 2001.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. By March each year, coast-influenced sea ice in Alaska's northern Chukchi Sea consists of the shorefast ice itself plus ice floes moving in a zone that extends from immediately beyond the shorefast ice to coherent pack ice, some 100...

Observations on shorefast ice dynamics in Arctic Alaska and the responses of the I[+ or -]upiat hunting community.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Although shorefast sea ice forms a platform that facilitates trayel, camping, and hunting by I[+ or -]upiat subsistence hunters and fishers in the western Arctic, the nearshore sea-ice zone remains an unforgiving and dynamic...

Understanding human and ecosystem dynamics in the Kola Arctic: a participatory integrated study.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. The Lake Imandra watershed is located in one of the most developed regions in the Arctic--the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Approximately 300 000 people live on the roughly 27 000 [km.sup.2] watershed, making it one of the most densely...

A framework for assessing the vulnerability of communities in the Canadian Arctic to risks associated with climate change.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Adaptation to climate change is recognized as an important policy issue by international bodies such as the United Nations and by various national governments. Initiatives to identify adaptation needs and to improve adaptive capacity...

Adaptation and sustainability in a small Arctic community: results of an agent-based simulation model.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Climate warming and resource development could alter key Arctic ecosystem functions that support fish and wildlife resources harvested by local indigenous communities. A different set of global forces--government policies and tourism...

Timescapes of community resilience and vulnerability in the circumpolar North.
December 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Historical relationships between people and a changing Arctic environment (which constitute a social-ecological system, or SES) can offer insights for management that promote both social and ecological resilience. The continued...

War North of 80: The Last German Arctic Weather Station of World War II.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... WAR NORTH OF 80: THE LAST GERMAN ARCTIC WEATHER STATION OF WORLD WAR II. By WILHELM DEGE. Translated from the German and edited by WILLIAM BARR. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2003. ISBN 1-55238-110-2. xxxv + 361 p., maps, b & w illus.,...

Ny Herrnhut i Nuuk 1733-2003: Mission Station, Raevefarm, Embedsbolig, Museum, Universitet (New Herrnhut in Nuuk 1733-2003: Mission Station, Fox Farm, Official Residence, Museum, University).(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... NY HERRNHUT I NUUK 1733-2003: MISSION STATION, RAEVEFARM, EMBEDSBOLIG, MUSEUM, UNIVERSITET (NEW HERRNHUT IN NUUK 1733-2003: MISSION STATION, FOX FARM, OFFICIAL RESIDENCE, MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY). By KATHRINE KJAERGAARD and THORKILD KJAERGAARD....

Bering: The Russian Discovery of America.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... BERING: THE RUSSIAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA. By ORCUTT FROST. New Haven, Connecticut and London: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0-300-10059-0. xxii + 330 p., maps, b & w illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$30.00. The Bering Sea and...

Improbable Eden: The Dry Valleys of Antarctica.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... IMPROBABLE EDEN: THE DRY VALLEYS OF ANTARCTICA. Essay by BILL GREEN; Photography by CRAIG POTTON. Nelson, New Zealand, Craig Potton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-877333-07-7. 128 p., color illus. Hardbound. NZ$59.95. This colorful book on the...

Bradford Washburn: A Life of Exploration.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... BRADFORD WASHBURN: A LIFE OF EXPLORATION. By MICHAEL SFRAGA. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2004. ISBN 0-87071-010-9. 260 p., maps, diagrams, b & w illus., notes, bib., index. Softbound. US$24.95. Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. is...

Books received.
December 1, 2004... ALASKA NATIVE POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND HIGHER EDUCATION: ONE UNIVERSITY. TWO UNIVERSES. By MICHAELJENNINGS. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2004. ISBN 0-7591-0069-1. ix + 185 p., bib., index. Softbound. US$29.95....

Papers to appear in Arctic.
December 1, 2004... CAMERON, R.D., SMITH, W.T., WHITE, R.G., and GRIFFITH, B. Central Arctic Caribou and Petroleum Development: Distributional, Nutritional, and Reproductive Implications. CHAULK, K., ROBERTSON, G.J., MONTEVECCHI, W.A., and RYAN, P.C. Aspects...

Maxwell E. Britton (1912-2004).(OBITUARIES)(Obituary)
December 1, 2004... Maxwell E. Britton, a well-known and highly respected Arctic research scientist and administrator, died at his home in Arlington, Virginia on March 16, 2004. He was 92. Recognized for his dedication to Arctic research, he pioneered innovative...

Allen P. McCartney (1940-2004).(Obituary)
December 1, 2004... Northern studies lost one of its most esteemed practitioners on June 15, 2004, with the death of Allen P. McCartney, who had suffered from Parkinson's-related disease for several years. He was 63. For over four decades, Allen pursued an...

Foraging behaviours and population dynamics of arctic foxes.(INFONORTH)
December 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION SEASONAL AND ANNUAL fluctuations in food abundance are common in many northern environments. These fluctuations, in turn, affect both the abundance and the distribution of animals that feed on them. However, the relative...

Population genetics, life history, and ecology of Arctic marine fishes.(INFONORTH)
December 1, 2004... INTRODUCTION DESPITE PERENNIALLY FRIGID WATER TEMPERATURES and extended periods of ice cover, which limit productivity for much of the year, Canadian Arctic waters are home to approximately one-quarter of this country's freshwater (23%)...

Energy award for Nellie Cournoyea.(NORTHERN NEWS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... Nellie J. Cournoyea, Chair and CEO of the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (IRC), was named as Canadian Energy Person of the Year for 2004 by the Energy Council of Canada. As the fourth recipient of this award, Ms. Cournoyea is being honoured...

The William E. Taylor Award.(NORTHERN NEWS)
December 1, 2004... The Canadian Museum of Civilization is soliciting applications for the William E. Taylor Award, established in memory of the CMC's former director and Arctic scholar. The $5000 award is presented each year to recognize research or scholarly...

KLRS Bibliography and newsletter now available.(AINA NEWS)(Kluane Lake Research Station)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... The Kluane Lake Research Station (KLRS) Bibliography is now available from the KLRS page of the AINA website. The bibliography describes more than 400 publications based on research conducted at the Institute's research station on the shore of...

14th Inuit Studies Conference a success.(AINA NEWS)(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... The 14th Inuit Studies Conference, hosted by AINA at the University of Calgary on August 11-15, was a great success. The conference was attended by 135 people from Canada, the United States, Greenland, France, Denmark, and Italy. Eighty-one...

AINA's Photographic Archives now online.(Arctic Institute of North America )(Brief Article)
December 1, 2004... The September 2004 issue of InfoNorth (Vol. 57, No. 3:317-321) contains an article on the Institute's most recent project, the creation of a database for AINA's collection of 4000 photographs dating from the 1890s to the mid-twentieth century....

Conferences.(INFONORTH)(Calendar)
December 1, 2004... Terrestrial Ecosystems in the Arctic Land-Atmosphere-Ice Interactions (LAII) Program 20-21 January 2005, Seattle, Washington Contact: Barb Hameister E-mail: bhameister@iarc.uaf.edu International Conference on Periglacial...