Arctic articles from June 2003

Arctic archives from June 2003

Molecular genetic stock discrimination of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) hunted in Eastern Hudson Bay, northern Quebec, Hudson Strait, and Sanikiluaq (Belcher Islands), Canada, and comparisons to adjacent populations.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) harvested from communities on the eastern Hudson Bay (EHB) arc, Sanikiluaq on the Belcher Islands, northwestern Quebec, Hudson Strait, neighboring areas of Hudson Bay, and the St. Lawrence were...

Investigation of heavy metals in a large mortality event in caribou of northern Alaska.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. We measured element concentrations (As, Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn, Fe) and body condition (gross and histologic endpoints) of animals from a caribou (Rangifer tarandus) mortality event that occurred in Alaska, in the area of Point Hope and Cape...

Climatic variability in the Kuparuk region, north-central Alaska: optimizing spatial and temporal interpolation in a sparse observation network.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Air temperature fields are required as input to spatial models in ecology, geocryology, and biogeochemistry. Air temperature data from a sparse, irregular meteorological network in the Kuparuk region of north-central Alaska were...

Reindeer pasture biomass assessment using satellite remote sensing.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. The present state of reindeer winter and summer pastures in northern Finland has been mapped using field sampling, remote sensing, and GIS. The winter pasture inventory was made during 1995-96 and the summer pasture inventory during...

Notes on cynipid galls, ground beetles and ground-dwelling spiders collected at Fort Severn, Ontario.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. A brief collecting trip to Fort Severn, Ontario (55[degrees]59' N, 87[degrees]38' W), in May 2001 revealed galls of three species of cynipid wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on the wild rose Rosa acicularis. Roses and cynipid galls...

Reducing solar heat gain during winter: the role of white bark in northern deciduous trees.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Deciduous tree species throughout the boreal forest of North America have lighter-coloured bark than do species restricted to more southern forests. We tested the hypothesis that light-coloured bark minimizes the thawing and freezing...

The Fox expedition in search of Franklin: a documentary trail.(Sir John Franklin)
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. A portfolio of contemporary documents relating to the Fox expedition in search of Sir John Franklin has recently been found. It contained 14 personal letters written to Captain F.L. M'Clintock by Lady Jane Franklin and her niece,...

Population viability of barren-ground grizzly bears in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. We modelled probabilities of population decline as a function of annual kill for a population of barren-ground grizzly bears (Ursus arctos) inhabiting Nunavut and the Northwest Territories, Canada. Our results suggest that the...

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) denning in the area of the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut.
June 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. The locations of polar bear snow dens in winter on the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut, and nearby islands to the northwest, and information on the sex and age class of a subsample of the occupants of 73 dens, were recorded from interviews...

Ice Window: Letters from a Bering Strait Village. (Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... ICE WINDOW: LETTERS FROM A BERING STRAIT VILLAGE: 1892-1902. Edited and annotated by KATHLEEN LOPP SMITH and VERBECK SMITH. Foreword by DOROTHY JEAN RAY. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. 390 P., maps, b&w illus., appendices, bib.,...

Flowers in the Snow: The Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison. (Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... FLOWERS IN THE SNOW: THE LIFE OF ISOBEL WYLIE HUTCHISON. By GWYNETH HOYLE. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. ISBN 0-80322403-6. xv + 269 P., maps, b&w illus., appendices, notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$29.95. Flowers in the...

A Tour of Duty in the Pacific Northwest: E.A. Porcherand H.M.S. (Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... A TOUR OF DUTY IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: E.A. PORCHERAND H.M.S. SPARRO WHAWK, 18651868. Edited and annotated by DWIGHT L. SMITH. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. xvii + 172 p., map, colour plates, bib. Index. Hardbound. US$34.95....

Boreal Ties: Photographs and Two Diaries of the 1901 Peary Relief Expedition. (Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... BOREAL TIES: PHOTOGRAPHS AND TWO DIARIES OF THE 1901 PEARY RELIEF EXPEDITION. Edited by KIM FAIRLEY GILLIS and SILAS HIBBARD AYER III. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8263-2810-5. 232 p.' maps, duotone illus., bib.,...

Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic. (Reviews).(Book Review)
June 1, 2003... ARCTIC MIGRANTS/ARCTIC VILLAGERS: THE TRANSFORMATION OF INUIT SETTLEMENT IN THE CENTRAL ARCTIC. By DAVID DAMAS. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7735-2404-5. 277 p., maps, tables, endnotes, bib., index. Hardbound....

Books received.
June 1, 2003... AN APOSTLE OF THE NORTH: MEMOIRS OF THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM CARPENTER BOMPAS. By H.A. CODY. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 2002. ISBN 0-88864-400-0. xxi + 476 p., b&w illus., bib, index. Softbound. Cdn$29.95. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF...

Letters to the editor.(Letter to the Editor)
June 1, 2003... Dear Editor: During the International Geophysical Year 1957--58, the Defence Research Board parties (DRIB) at Lake Hazen received essential air support from 408 Reconnaissance Squadron RCAF (Wing Commander J.G. Showier, AFC). At the end of...

Frederick Cook and the forgotten Pole. (Info North).(Robert E. Peary credited with being first to reach North Pole)
June 1, 2003... IN 1909, DR. FREDERICK A. COOK created a worldwide sensation when he announced that he had reached the North Pole. Although the debate about Cook's expedition still rages in some circles and new books are published on the controversy each...

New Inuit communities map. (Northern News).(published by Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (ITK), Canada's national Inuit organization, has published a poster-sized colour map of Inuit communities in Labrador (Nunatsiavut), Nunavik (northern Quebec), Nunavut, and the Inuvialuit Settlement Region. Published...

The Gwich'in Clothing Project. (Northern News).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... An unveiling ceremony for the Gwich'in Traditional Skin Clothing Project was held before a packed auditorium at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife on March 28, 2003. Following museum research to discover where Gwich'in...

AINA news.
June 1, 2003... Fellowship Awarded to AINA Research Associate AINA research associate and Theme School director Karim-Aly Kassam has been awarded a two-year doctoral fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Mr....