Arctic articles from June 2004

Arctic archives from June 2004

Putting the Canadian polar house in order.
June 1, 2004... Northern Canada is facing unprecedented social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural changes. Unfortunately, attention to northern issues has typically been sustained for only short periods in response to external events, usually...

Factors affecting the observed densities of ringed seals, Phoca hispida, in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, 1996-99.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Aerial surveys were conducted during late May and early June 1996-99 in the central Beaufort Sea of Alaska, using strip-transect methods. The purpose of these surveys was to quantify and model the effects of environmental covariates...

Habitat use of ringed seals (Phoca hispida) in the North Water area (North Baffin Bay).
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. In conjunction with the International North Water Polynya Study in Smith Sound (northern Baffin Bay) in 1997-99, we examined the area use and diving activity of 23 ringed seals (Phoca hispida) that had been equipped with satellite...

Summer distribution of marine birds in the western Beaufort Sea.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Proposed expansion of oil and gas development into offshore waters of the Beaufort Sea has raised concerns that marine birds could be affected by disturbance and oil spills. We conducted aerial surveys to determine the composition and...

Modeling the effects of human activity on Katmai brown bears (Ursus arctos) through the use of survival analysis.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Brown bear-human interactions were observed in 1993, 1995, and 1997 at Kulik River in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. We analyzed these interactions using survival analysis, creating survival curves for the time that bears...

Breeding biology of Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) near Barrow, Alaska, 1991-99.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. The breeding biology of Steller's eiders (Polysticta stelleri) near Barrow, Alaska, was studied from 1991 to 1999. The number of nests found per year ranged from 0 to 78. Mean clutch size was 5.4 (SD = 1.6, n = 51), incubation period...

Evidence for a decline in Northern Quebec (Nunavik) belugas.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Systematic aerial line-transect surveys of beluga whales, Delphinapterus leucas, were conducted in James Bay, eastern Hudson Bay, and Ungava Bay from 14 August to 3 September 2001. An estimated 7901 (SE = 1744) and 1155 (SE = 507)...

Long foraging movement of a denning tundra wolf.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. Wolves (Canis lupus) on the Canadian barrens are intimately linked to migrating herds of barren-ground caribou (Rangifer tarandus). We deployed a Global Positioning System (GPS) radio collar on an adult female wolf to record her...

Translating climate change impacts at the community level.
June 1, 2004... ABSTRACT. It is well recognized that climate change will have considerable impact on the physical landscapes of northern Canada. How these impacts will be transmitted to the level of human activity is not clear, but it needs to be understood by...

Flora of the Hudson Bay Lowland and Its Postglacial Origins.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... FLORA OF THE HUDSON BAY LOWLAND AND ITS POSTGLACIAL ORIGINS. By JOHN L. RILEY. Ottawa: National Research Council of Canada Press, 2003. ISBN 0-660-18941-0. viii + 236 p., maps, colour illus., bib., appendices. Softbound. Cdn$49.95. Flora...

Shem Pete's Alaska: the Territory of the Upper Cook Inlet Dena'ina.(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... SHEM PETE'S ALASKA: THE TERRITORY OF THE UPPER COOK INLET DENA'INA. By JAMES KARI and JAMES A. FALL. Principal contributor SHEM PETE. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2003. 2nd ed. (First edition, 1987.) xxii + 392 p., maps, b & w and...

The Northernmost Ruins of the Globe: Eigil Knuth's archaeological investigations in Peary Land and adjacent areas of High Arctic Greenland.(Reviews)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... THE NORTHERNMOST RUINS OF THE GLOBE: EIGIL KNUTH'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN PEARY LAND AND ADJACENT AREAS OF HIGH ARCTIC GREENLAND. By BJARNE GRONNOW and JENS FOG JENSEN. Copenhagen: Danish Polar Center, 2003. ISBN 87-90369-65-3....

Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation.(Reviews)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... WOLVES: BEHAVIOR, ECOLOGY, AND CONSERVATION. Edited by L. DAVID MECH and LUIGI BOITANI. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2003. ISBN 0-226-63763-8. 448 p., maps, b & w illus., color photos, appendix, indexes, bib. Hardbound. US$49.00. ...

Qulirat qanemcit-llu kinguvarcimalriit/Stories for Future Generations: the Oratory of Yup'ik Elder Paul John.(Reviews)(Book Review)
June 1, 2004... QULIRAT QANEMCIT-LLU KINGUVARCIMALRIIT/STORIES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS: THE ORATORY OF YUP'IK ELDER PAUL JOHN. By PAUL JOHN, translated by SOPHIE SHIELD, edited by ANN FIENUP-RIORDAN. Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, in...

Books received.(Bibliography)
June 1, 2004... EXPLORING POLAR FRONTIERS: A HISTORICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA. By WILLIAM JAMES MILLS. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, Inc., 2003. ISBN 1-57607-422-6. 795 p., maps, b & w illus., glossary, polar timeline, bib., index. 2 Vols. Hardbound. US$185.00...

Papers to appear in Arctic.
June 1, 2004... LYVER, P.O'B., and GUNN. A. Calibration of Hunters' Impressions with Female Caribou Body Condition Indices to Predict Probability of Pregnancy. NORNBERG, T., GOODSITE, M.E., and SHOTYK, W. An Improved Motorized Corer and Sample Processing...

June Helm (1924-2004).(Obituary)
June 1, 2004... June Helm, an anthropologist who worked for 50 years studying the culture and ethnohistory of Dene in the Mackenzie River drainage, has passed away at the age of 79. In declining health for many weeks, she died peacefully in her sleep on 5...

Graham Westbrook Rowley (1912-2003).(Obituaries)(Obituary)
June 1, 2004... Most readers of Arctic will have heard with sadness the news of Graham Rowley's death in Ottawa on December 31, 2003. And many will have read with gratitude the heartfelt tributes his passing occasioned in the press on both sides of the...

Kruger's final camp in Arctic Canada?(InfoNorth)
June 1, 2004... ON 3 July 1999, John England, Art Dyke, and under-graduate student Michelle Laurie were surveying raised marine shorelines on Axel Heiberg Island halfway between Cape Southwest and the mouth of Surprise Fiord. During this work, they discovered...

Sverdrup stamp unveilings.(Northern News)(Canada, Norway and Greenland issue stamps honoring explorer Otto Sverdrup)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... On March 26 of this year, Norwegian explorer Otto Sverdrup (1854-1930) was commemorated with stamps jointly issued by Canada, Norway, and Greenland. Tom Charlton, VP Operations, Canada Post, remarked that this is the first time Canada has ever...

New Gwich'in website.(Northern News)(Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Gwich'in Social and Cultural Institute has launched a new website, available in Gwich'in. English, and French, at http://www.gwichin.ca. The website includes virtual tours of significant places along the Mackenzie, Arctic Red, and Peel...

The Photographic Archive Research Project.(AINA News)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2004... The Photographic Archive Research Project (PARP), under the direction of Constance Martin. AINA Research Associate and Principal Investigator, and Lars Christensen, Coordinator, has enlisted several sponsors in a partnership that will allow the...

Online journal survey.(AINA News)
June 1, 2004... With the September 2003 mailing of Arctic, we printed an online journal survey on the back of the mailer to receive feedback from members on the value of producing an online version of Arctic. We also mounted the survey on our website, so that...

Conferences.(InfoNorth)(Calendar)
June 1, 2004... Life in the Cold 2004 25-31 July 2004, Inside Passage, Alaska Website: http://www.alaska.edu/lite/ SCAR Open Science Conference: Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in the Global System 26-28 July 2004, Bremen, Germany ...