Arctic articles from March 2000

Arctic archives from March 2000

Arctic science policy? All we need is a sovereignty crisis.
March 1, 2000... Louis-Edmond Hamelin, the famous Canadian geographer, once wrote that "Nordicity is an essential element in Canada's self-image, and... the northern frontier has repeatedly served to focus national aspirations." The Arctic has influenced our...

Francis Harper (1886-1972).
March 1, 2000... John Richardson and Richard King, surgeon-naturalists with the Franklin and Back expeditions, began the daunting task of describing the natural history of the Athabasca-Mackenzie region and the barren grounds to the north in the 1820s and...

Spirit of Siberia: traditional native life, clothing, and footwear.
March 1, 2000... SPIRIT OF SIBERIA: TRADITIONAL NATIVE LIFE, CLOTHING, AND FOOTWEAR. By JILL OAKES and RICK RIEWE. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1998. Co-published with the Bata Shoe Museum. ISBN 1-55054-648-1. viii + 215 p., maps, b&w and colour illus.,...

Mammals of North America: temperate and Arctic regions.
March 1, 2000... MAMMALS OF NORTH AMERICA. TEMPERATE AND ARCTIC REGIONS. By ADRIAN FORSYTH. Willowdale, Ontario: Firefly Books, 1999. ISBN 1-55209-409-X. 350 p., maps, colour illus., bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$40.00. This is an exceptionally beautiful...

Voyage of the Belgica: fifteen months in the Antarctic.
March 1, 2000... VOYAGE OF THE This book, translated from the original French version by Maurice Rarity, is reprinted on the occasion of the one-hundredth anniversary of the Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897-99. It recounts the events preceding and...

Across Arctic America: narrative of the fifth Thule expedition.
March 1, 2000... ACROSS ARCTIC AMERICA: NARRATIVE OF THE FIFTH THULE EXPEDITION. By KNUD RASMUSSEN, with an introduction by TERRENCE COLE. Classic Reprint Series No. 6. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 1999. (Originally published in 1927.) ISBN...

Ancient harpoon heads of Nunavut: an illustrated guide.
March 1, 2000... ANCIENT HARPOON HEADS OF NUNAVUT: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. By ROBERT W. PARK and DOUGLAS R. STENTON. Pangnirtung, Nunavut: Parks Canada, 1998. Text in English and Inuktitut syllabics. 108 p., map, b&w illus. Softbound. Cdn$20.00 The...

Ancient stone tools of Nunavut: an illustrated guide.
March 1, 2000... ANCIENT STONE TOOLS OF NUNAVUT: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE. By DOUGLAS R. STENTON and ROBERT W. PARK. Pangnirtung, Nunavut: Parks Canada, 1998. 118 p., maps, b&w illus. Softboand. Cdn$20.00. The foundation of modern archaeology rests on the...

Native libraries: cross-cultural conditions in the circumpolar countries.
March 1, 2000... NATIVE LIBRARIES: CROSS-CULTURAL CONDITIONS IN THE CIRCUMPOLAR COUNTRIES. By GORDON H. HILLS. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8108-3138-4. xv + 361 p., bib., appendices, index. Hardbound. US$59.50. This has to be one of the...

Snow man: John Hornby in the barren lands.
March 1, 2000... SNOW MAN: JOHN HORNBY IN THE BARREN LANDS. By MALCOLM WALDRON. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997. Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1931. ISBN 0-7735-1710-3. xxiv + 294 p., map, b&w illus. Softbound....

Social life of stories: narrative and knowledge in the Yukon Territory.
March 1, 2000... THE SOCIAL LIFE OF STORIES: NARRATIVE AND KNOWLEDGE IN THE YUKON TERRITORY. By JULIE CRUIKSHANK. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8032-1490-1. xxv + 211 p., maps, b&w illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. US$45.00....

Robert L. Christie (1926 - 1999).
March 1, 2000... Dr. Robert L. Christie, geologist, naturalist, and explorer, suffered a heart attack on his beloved sailboat in the morning of 1 September 1999 and died a few hours later in hospital in Belleville, Ontario. Some weeks earlier, Bob and Audrey...