Arctic articles from December 2007

Arctic archives from December 2007

A discriminant analysis model of Alaskan biomes based on spatial climatic and environmental data.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Classification of high-latitude landscapes into their appropriate biomes is important for many climate and global change-related issues. Unfortunately, large-scale, high-spatial-resolution observations of plant assemblages associated...

Sea ice in Canada's Arctic: implications for cruise tourism.
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Although cruise travel to the Canadian Arctic has grown steadily since 1984, some commentators have suggested that growth in this sector of the tourism industry might accelerate, given the warming effects of climate change that are...

A reconsideration of purported Holocene bison bones from northern Alaska.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. While bison were the most abundant large mammals in Eastern Beringia for most of the last 100 000 years, their range declined drastically at the end of the Pleistocene and through the Holocene. Research into the nature of Holocene...

Historical and projected distributions of daily temperature and pressure in the Arctic.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Changes in extreme temperatures and pressures in the Arctic have received little attention in the context of climate change. Here we examine the distributions and extremes of surface air temperature and pressure in the Arctic for the...

Response of overwintering caribou to burned habitat in northwest Alaska.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti) use lichens, when available, as primary forage on their winter range. In boreal forest habitats, wildland fires effectively destroy lichens, and overwintering caribou are known to avoid burned areas...

Evidence of recent treeline dynamics in southwest Yukon from aerial photographs.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Small-scale vertical aerial photographs taken in 1947 and 1948 covering 200 [km.sup.2] of the Kluane Ranges, southwest Yukon, were compared with corresponding photographs taken in 1989 for the purpose of characterizing changes in the...

The arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) subsistence and commercial fisheries, Colville River, Alaska: a conceptual model.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. The arctic cisco (Coregonus autumnalis), known regionally by its Inupiat name qaaqtaq, is the principal target of fall subsistence and commercial fisheries that operate in the Colville River along the Alaskan Beaufort Sea. Our...

Plant macrofossils associated with an early Holocene beaver dam in interior Alaska.(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Dynamic climate changes and expansion of new biomes characterize the late Pleistocene-early Holocene of eastern Beringia. Analysis of plant macrofossils from an early Holocene (ca. 9300 [.sup.14.C] yrs BP) beaver dam in central Alaska...

The Making of an Explorer: George Hubert Wilkins and the Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913-1916.(Critical essay)
December 1, 2007... THE MAKING OF AN EXPLORER: GEORGE HUBERT WILKINS AND THE CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION 1913-1916. By STUART E. JENNESS. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-7735-2798-2. xxii + 418 p., maps, b & w illus., appendices, notes....

Drift Station: Arctic Outposts of Superpower Science.(Critical essay)
December 1, 2007... DRIFT STATION: ARCTIC OUTPOSTS OF SUPERPOWER SCIENCE. By WILLIAM F. ALTHOFF. Dulles, Virginia: Potomac Books, Inc. ISBN 978-1-57488-771-6. xiv + 355 p., map., b & w illus., appendices, notes, glossary, selected bib., index. Hardbound. US$39.95....

A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ARCTIC WILDLIFE. By RICHARD SALE. Richmond Hill: Firefly Books Limited, 2006. ISBN 978-1-55407-178-4. 464 p., maps, colour illus., colour plates, b & w plate, index. Hardbound. Cdn or US$49.95. This book by Richard...

Prospects for Polar Tourism.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... PROSPECTS FOR POLAR TOURISM. Edited by JOHN M. SNYDER and BERNARD STONEHOUSE. Wallingford, Oxfordshire: CAB International, 2007. ISBN 978-184593-247-3. xiv + 318 p., maps, b & w illus., list of contributors, index. Hardbound. [pound...

On Site with Maurice Haycock, Artist of the Arctic: Paintings and Drawings of Historical Sites in the Canadian Arctic.(Book review)
December 1, 2007... ON SITE WITH MAURICE HAYCOCK, ARTIST OF THE ARCTIC: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF HISTORICAL SITES IN THE CANADIAN ARCTIC. By MAURICE HAYCOCK. Compiled by KATHY HAYCOCK. Edited by PAULA CHABANAIS. Campbellville, Ontario: Edgar Kent, Inc.,...

Books received.
December 1, 2007... EARTH THEN AND NOW: AMAZING IMAGES OF OUR CHANGING WORLD. By FRED PEARCE. Richmond Hill, Ontario: Firefly Books Ltd., 2007. ISBN-13 978-1-55407-298-9. 288 p., colour and b & w illus., index. Hardbound. Cdn$39.95. EMPEROR OF THE NORTH: SIR...

Papers to appear in Arctic.
December 1, 2007... LAIDLER, G.J., TREITZ, P.M., and ATKINSON, D.M. Remote Sensing of Arctic Vegetation: The Relations between NDVI, Spatial Resolution and Vegetation Cover on Boothia Peninsula, Nunavut. HUPP, J.W., SCHMUTZ, J.A., and ELY, C.R. The Annual...

Shrub line advance in alpine tundra of the Kluane region: mechanisms of expansion and ecosystem impacts.(InfoNorth)(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION WITH A WARMING CLIMATE, northern ecosystems will face significant ecological changes such as permafrost thaw, increased forest fire frequency, and shifting ecosystem boundaries, including the spread of tall shrubs into tundra....

The effect of anadromous arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) on food web structure and contaminant concentrations in coastal Arctic lakes.(InfoNorth)(Technical report)
December 1, 2007... EVERY SPRING, anadromous (sea-run) arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) hatch in freshwater lakes in the circumpolar North. In the West Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, the charr spend 3-8 years growing in these lakes before beginning annual...

IPY Publications Database growing.(AINA NEWS)(International Polar Year, www.aina.ucalgary.ca/ipy)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... As of early November, the International Polar Year Publications Database (IPYPD) at described 321 publications. The database will attempt to identify and describe all publications that result from, or that are about, IPY 2007-08 and the three...

Diary and photo album on loan to photo archive project.(AINA NEWS)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... A diary depicting the harrowing 1921 journey of a Vancouver woman on the maiden voyage of a Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) schooner has been loaned to AINA. Frances Gladys O'Kelly made the trip from Vancouver to Tree River, NWT, with her husband,...

Arctic issues under microscope at Gussow.(AINA NEWS)(Conference news)
December 1, 2007... This October, the Arctic Institute of North America collaborated with the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists to organize the 2007 Gussow Conference on Arctic Energy Exploration at the Banff Centre. Participants in the two-day conference...

AINA Research Associate receives RSGS award.(AINA NEWS)
December 1, 2007... AINA Research Associate Norman E. Hallendy has been awarded the 2007 Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS). Dedicated to the memory of Scottish explorer Mungo Park, who died 200 years ago while exploring the River...

AINA continues active outreach program.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... This fall AINA continued with its busy outreach program and co-hosted several public events. On October 30, Brigadier-General C.T. Whitecross, OMM, CD Commander, Joint Task Force North, Canadian Forces, spoke on Canadian Arctic security issues....

AINA staff help with Shoreline Cleanup.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America )(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Silk wedding flowers, one lens from a pair of glasses, and a makeshift coffin containing the remains of a pet hamster were among the 674 pieces of garbage collected along the Bow River by staff of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)....

Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database.(AINA NEWS)(www.aina.ucalgary.ca/ngr)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The Northern Granular Resources Bibliographic Database at now describes more than 1730 publications about granular resources (gravel, sand, and crushed rock for use in construction) in the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. The...

New member services coordinator.(AINA NEWS)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... The Arctic Institute was pleased to welcome Jenny Hoops to the staff in October. After earning degrees in biology and psychology from Queen's University, Jenny worked as a water resources technologist and enforcement officer for Alberta...

AINA library collection relocated.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America)(Brief article)
December 1, 2007... Increased visibility and greater accessibility are two benefits of the relocation of the library collection of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA) from the MacKimmie Library Tower to the Gallagher Library. The collection had been...

Conferences.(InfoNorth)(Calendar)
December 1, 2007... Arctic Frontiers 20-25 January 2008, Tromso, Norway Contact: Reinhold Fieler E-mail: Reinhold@akvaplan.niva.no Website: http://www.arctic-frontiers.com Remote Regions/Northern Development Sessions Western Regional...