Arctic articles from December 2008

Arctic archives from December 2008

Polar bear conservation in Canada: Defining the policy problems.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Conservation of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in Canada is based on the goals and principles of the 1973 International Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears and Their Habitat, and has long been considered an exemplar of...

Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. This study presents modern erosion rate measurements based upon vertical aerial photography captured in 1955, 1979, and 2002 for a 100 km segment of the Beaufort Sea coastline. Annual erosion rates from 1955 to 2002 averaged 5.6 m...

A study of tidal influences in the North Water Polynya using short time span satellite imagery.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The North Water Polynya (NOW) is an area of ocean between Greenland and Ellesmere Island that does not freeze completely during the winter months. The mechanism that maintains, the polynya during the Arctic winter and early spring is...

Recent (1986-2006) vegetation-specific NDVI trends in Northern Canada from Satellite data.(Normalized Difference Vegetation Index)(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Recent northern vegetation changes caused by climate warming have been well documented, using experimental plot warming to examine vegetation-specific changes and satellite image data to examine overall trends. Previous remote sensing...

Resighting of a narwhal (Monodon monoceros) instrumented with a satellite transmitter.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. On 9 August 2001, a male narwhal (Monodon monoceros) was instrumented with a satellite transmitter attached to the dorsal side of the tusk in Creswell Bay on Somerset Island in the Canadian High Arctic. The whale was identified five...

Localization of social work knowledge through practitioner adaptations in northern Ontario and the Northwest Territories, Canada.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Social work is only just beginning to adapt knowledge and practice to the realities of a geographically diverse world. Within the social services, one of the most exciting diversity-related initiatives is a localization movement that...

Exploratory models of intersite variability in mid to late Holocene central Alaska.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Interrelated aspects of technology, site structure, and subsistence patterns in central Alaska are synthesized using a comprehensive database of radiocarbon-dated components. Microblade technology is examined with respect to broad...

Pond characteristics and occupancy by red-necked phalaropes in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) breed in Arctic and Subarctic lowlands throughout the circumpolar region. They are highly reliant on shallow freshwater ponds for social interaction, copulation, and foraging for small...

Historical evidence and the Eastern Greenland case.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The Eastern Greenland case (1931-33) is the only territorial dispute in the polar regions ever to have been decided by an international court. Norway challenged Denmark's claim to sovereignty over all of Greenland on the grounds that...

Gwichya Gwich' in Googwandak: The History and Stories of the Gwichya Gwich' in as told by the elders of Tsiigehtshik.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... GWICHYA GWICH' IN GOOGWANDAK: THE HISTORY AND STORIES OF THE GWICHYA GWICH' IN AS TOLD BY THE ELDERS OF TSIIGEHTSHIK. With MICHAEL HEINE, ALESTINE ANDRE, INGRID KRITSCH and ALMA CARDINAL. Tsiigehtshik & Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories:...

Anooshi Light Aani Ka, Russians in Tlingit America: The Battles of Sitka.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... ANOOSHI LIGHT AANI KA, RUSSIANS IN TLINGIT AMERICA: THE BATTLES OF SITKA, 1802 AND 1804. Edited by NORA MARKS DAUENHAUER, RICHARD DAUENHAUER and LYDIA BLACK. Seattle: University of Washington Press and Juneau: Sealaska Heritage Institute, 2008....

Paitarkiutenka: My Legacy to you.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... PAITARKIUTENKA: MY LEGACY TO YOU. By MIISAQ/ FRANK ANDREW, Sr. Transcriptions and translations by ALICE REARDEN and MARIE MEADE. Edited by ANN FIENUP-RIORDAN. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-295-98780-4. lix + 440 p.,...

The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... THE LAST POLAR BEAR: FACING THE TRUTH OF A WARMING WORLD. A Photographic Journey by STEVEN KAZLOWSKI, with nine contributors. Seattle, Washington: Braided River, The Mountaineers Books, 2008. ISBN 9778-1-59485-059-2. 208 p., maps, colour...

Through Darkening Spectacles: Memoirs of Diamond Jenness.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... THROUGH DARKENING SPECTACLES: MEMOIRS OF DIAMOND JENNESS. By DIAMOND JENNESS and STUART E. JENNESS. Gatineau, Quebec: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2008. ISBN 978-0-660-19802-6. Mercury Series, History Paper 55. xxvi + 407 p., maps, b&w...

South by Northwest: The Magnetic crusade and the contest for Antarctica.(Book review)
December 1, 2008... SOUTH BY NORTHWEST: THE MAGNETIC CRUSADE AND THE CONTEST FOR ANTARCTICA. By GRANVILLE ALLEN WAWER. Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, 2006. ISBN 1-86254-650-9. xiii + 319 p., maps, b&w illus., appendix, bib., notes, index. Hardbound....

Books Received.
December 1, 2008... ARCTIC FRONT: DEFENDING CANADA IN THE FAR NORTH. By KEN S. COATES, P. WHITNEY LACKENBAUER, WILLIAM R. MORRISON and GREG POELZER. Toronto: Thomas Allen Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-0-88762-355-4. xiii + 261 p., maps, b&w illus., suggested...

Papers to appear in Arctic.(PAPERS TO APPEAR)
December 1, 2008... LEWIS, A.E., HAMMILL, M.O., POWER, M., DOIDGE, D.W., and LESAGE, V. A Comparison of Eastern Hudson Bay Beluga Whales (Delphinapterus leucas) Movement and Aggregation Patterns Using Satellite Telemetry and Nunavik Traditional Ecological...

Leslie A. Viereck (1930-2008).(In memoriam)
December 1, 2008... Les Viereck was born on 20 February 1930 in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Undergraduate urges for adventure led Les and two friends from Dartmouth to drive a Model A Ford to Alaska in 1948. By happenstance, after the briefest of interviews...

Effects of the White River Ash event and climate change on aquatic ecosystems in the southwest Yukon.(InfoNorth)(Report)
December 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION FRESHWATER LAKE ENVIRONMENTS ARE AFFECTED by disturbances on several scales that influence the composition of biological communities. A volcanic eruption is an abrupt and severe disturbance, and evidence of its impact is seen...

Social behaviour, vocalization and conservation of narwhals.(INFONORTH)(Report)
December 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION LIVING IN GROUPS IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL FOR INDIVIDUALS of social species. Group living improves resource acquisition (Creel and Creel, 1995), vigilance, and defence against predators (e.g., Bertram, 1980), as well as enhancing...

New staff at AINA.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America, Trisha Carleton and Mary Li. Trisha)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... This fall the Arctic Institute welcomed two new staff members: Trisha Carleton and Mary Li. Trisha, the Institute's new Administrative Assistant, graduated from the University of Calgary in 2006 with a Bachelor of Arts in Social/Cultural...

Arctic PDF files available sooner.(AINA NEWS)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... PDF files of Arctic papers and notes are now being made available one year after publication, rather than being withheld for three years. PDF files of commentaries, editorials, obituaries, and InfoNorth essays continue to be available as soon...

New book titles launched.(AINA NEWS)(Lands that Hold One Spellbound: A Story of East Greenland; Resurrecting Dr. Moss: The Life and Letters of a Royal Navy Surgeon; The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year, 1882-83)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The Arctic Institute and the University of Calgary Press launched three new book titles at an event held at Aquila Books in Calgary in November. Two of the books were jointly published by the Arctic Institute and the U of C Press under the...

ASTIS news.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Science and Technology Information System)(Website overview)(Brief article)
December 1, 2008... The coverage of AINA's Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) continues to improve on many fronts. Links to the following databases are available on the ASTIS page of the AINA website (see the ASTIS link at...

Conferences.(Calendar)
December 1, 2008... Arctic Marine Ecosystems in an Era of Rapid Climate Change Arctic Frontiers Science Conference 2009 18-23 January 2009, Tromso, Norway Contact: Paul Wassmann E-mail: Paul. Wassmann@nfh.uit.no or Elisabeth Halvorsen ...

Arctic Change and Coastal Communities: overview of the Coastal Zone Canada Conference, Tuktoyaktuk, August 2006.(Conference notes)
December 1, 2008... INTRODUCTION This special issue of Arctic represents the output from a conference sponsored by the Coastal Zone Canada Association and organized in large part by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. A number of sponsors (see Acknowledgements) also...

Healthy community.(Essay)
December 1, 2008... We were strong in mind and body! We were creative and adaptable! We were adventurous and fiercely independent! We lived in very isolated and challenging areas but found ways to meet and live in harmony with the land! To...

The Northern Forum report.(Conference notes)
December 1, 2008... OVERVIEW The Coastal Zone Canada (CZC) Association is a national organization interested in promoting integrated coastal zone management goals in Canada and abroad. It holds an international conference every two years to promote these...

The changing climate of the Arctic.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The first and strongest signs of global-scale climate change exist in the high latitudes of the planet. Evidence is now accumulating that the Arctic is warming, and responses are being observed across physical, biological, and social...

Climate change in northern Quebec: adaptation strategies from community-based research.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Arctic communities are recently reporting warmer and shorter winters, which have implications for the ice season and, consequently, on the access to local territories and resources by members of these communities. These climatic...

A life vest for Hudson Bay's drifting stewardship.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Hudson Bay, as the world's second-largest inland sea, is far from insignificant. Yet, the Hudson Bay bioregion barely registers on the radar of Canadian ocean management. When it does, it almost invariably appears under a...

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: social history, politics and the practice of resistance.
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The creation of the Nunavut government has been accompained by an emphasis on Inuit knowledge--Inuit Qdujimajatuqangit (IQ)--in the making of policy and in procedures affecting Nunavutmiut (Nunavummiut). Definitions of IQ parallel...

Land Claims and resistance to the management of harvester activities in Nunavut.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. In 1976, Inuit leaders in what is now Nunavut began the long process that led to a comprehensive land claim to regain control of their lives and land. Previously, they had seen their economic, social, political, educational, and...

"Not the Almighty": Evaluating aboriginal influence in northern land-claim boards.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The settling to comprehensive land claims across Canada's territorial North has brought about substantial changes in governance. Prominent among these has been the establishment of numerous regulatory and co-management boards dealing...

Ecosystem-based management in the Arctic Ocean: a multi-level spatial approach.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. Ecosystem-based management (EBM) first requires the identification of spatial units capturing the ecosystem structure and functions. To this end, the Arctic Council has adopted the Large Marine Ecosystem (LME) framework. Ecosystem...

Sustainable energy development in Canada's Mackenzie Delta--Beaufort Sea coastal region.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The oil and gas sector is returning to the Mackenzie Delta--Beaufort Sea region of Canada's western Arctic after a decade-long absence. If brought into production, the hydrocarbon resources in this region could generate significant...

Land-based pollution in the Arctic Ocean: Canadian actions in a regional and global context.(Report)
December 1, 2008... ABSTRACT. The occurrence of high concentrations of anthropogenic contaminants in the Arctic environment has been a concern for many years. The present overview of the current threats of pollutants from atmospheric, oceanic, river, and local...

Tuktoyaktuk declaration Coastal Zone Canada 2006 conference statement 18 August 2006.(Conference notes)
December 1, 2008... Preamble At the seventh biennial Coastal Zone Canada Conference (CZC '06) held in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories, on the theme "Arctic Change and Coastal Communities," 270 participants identified priorities that require immediate...