Arctic articles from March 2003

Arctic archives from March 2003

Polynyas and ice edge habitats in cultural context: archaeological perspectives from southeast Baffin Island.(Canada )
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. A combination of paleoclimatic proxies, zooarchaeological data from historic Inuit habitation sites, and Geographic Information System (GIS) studies of modern sea-ice extremes were used to track the changing size and shape in modern...

Canada's most northerly postglacial bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus): Holocene sea-ice conditions and polynya development.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Rare remains of postglacial bowhead whales occur in the Norwegian Bay--Eureka Sound region. These are the northernmost remains known from the Canadian Arctic. The region is beyond the bowhead's current range because of persistent...

From Greenland to Canada in ten days: tracks of bowhead whales, Balaena mysticetus, across Baffin Bay.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Five bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) were instrumented with satellite transmitters in northwestern Disko Bay, West Greenland, in May 2001. Best results were obtained when tags were deployed with a pole rather than a pneumatic gun....

Particulate organic carbon export fluxes in the Canada Basin and Bering Sea as derived from [Th.sup.234]/[U.sup.238] disequilibria.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Seawater samples were collected in the water column of the Canada Basin and the Bering Sea from aboard the R/V Xue Long during August 1999. Activity concentrations of dissolved and particulate [Th.sup.234] were measured using beta...

Combining research and education: bioclimatic zonation along a Canadian Arctic transect.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Scientists and students from five countries combined research and education in an investigation of bioclimatic zonation along a Canadian Arctic transect, from Amund Ringnes Island and Ellesmere Island in the north to the Daring Lake...

Habitat characteristics of polar bear terrestrial maternal den sites in northern Alaska.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) give birth to and nurture their young in dens of ice and snow. During 1999-2001, we measured the structure of 22 dens on the coastal plain of northern Alaska after polar bear families had evacuated their...

Crystal Two: the origin of Iqaluit.(Canada)
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. Iqaluit is unique among Canadian Arctic communities in that it originated not from a commercial venture, such as mining or the fur trade, or as a government administrative centre, but as a Second World War military airfield. This...

Molt migration in relation to breeding success in greater snow geese.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. We describe summer migratory movements by female greater snow geese (Chen caerulescens atlantica) breeding on Bylot Island, Nunavut. We followed 121 radio-collared females between 1997 and 2001 to determine the frequency and timing of...

Investigation of the stock structure of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in Canada and Greenland using dental Pb isotopes derived from local geochemical environments.
March 1, 2003... ABSTRACT. The chemical composition of animal tissues such as teeth appears to reflect an individual's exposure to its geochemical environment. In this study, the lead (Pb) isotope composition of dental cementum was used to investigate the stock...

Where the Echo Began and Other Oral Traditions from Southwestern Alaska.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... WHERE THE ECHO BEGAN AND OTHER ORAL TRADITIONS FROM SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA. Recorded by HANS HIMMELHEBER, translated by KURT and ESTER VITT, edited and annotated by ANN FIENUPRIORDAN. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1999. ISBN...

The Yukon Relief Expedition and the Journal of Carl Johan Sakariassen.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... THE YUKON RELIEF EXPEDITION AND THE JOURNAL OF CARL JOHAN SAKARIASSEN. Edited by V.R. RAUSCH and D.L. BALDWIN. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press, 2002. xvi + 261 p., b&w illus., maps, bib., index. Softbound. US$26.95. On 11...

Deadly Winter: The Life of Sir John Franklin.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... DEADLY WINTER: THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. By MARTYN BEARDSLEY. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2002 (First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Chatham Publishing, Rochester, Kent). xiv + 272 p., map, b&w illus., appendices,...

From Barrow to Boothia: The Arctic Journal of Chief Factor Peter Warren Dease 1836-1839.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... FROM BARROW TO BOOTHIA: THE ARCTIC JOURNAL OF CHIEF FACTOR PETER WARREN DEASE, 1836-1839. Edited by WILLIAM BARR. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. ISBN 07735-2253-0. xxiii + 330 p., 8 maps, 3 b&w illus., bib., index. Hardbound....

The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... THE ARCTIC VOYAGES OF MARTIN FROBISHER: AN ELIZABETHAN ADVENTURE. By ROBERT McGHEE. Montreal: Canadian Museum of Civilization/McGill-Queen's, 2001. 210 p., maps, b&w & colour illus., bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$49.95 The Arctic Voyages of...

Folk Art in Greenland Throughout a Thousand Years.(Book Review)
March 1, 2003... FOLK ART IN GREENLAND THROUGHOUT A THOUSAND YEARS. Text by TINNA MOBJERG and JENS ROSING, drawings by JENS ROSING, photo essay by GERARD FRANCESCHI and ASGER JORN, assisted by ULRIK ROSS. Ten Thousand Years of Folk Art in the North Series....

Books received.(Arctic environment and culture)(Bibliography)
March 1, 2003... ARCHAEOLOGY IN THE BERING STRAIT REGION: RESEARCH ON TWO CONTINENTS. Edited By DON E. DUMOND and RICHARD L. BLAND. Eugene, Oregon: Department of Anthropology and Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon, 2002. vi + 358 p.' b&w illus....

The Muskox Patrol: High Arctic sovereignty revisited. (Info North).(Canada )
March 1, 2003... THE ROLE OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE (RCMP) in the Canadian government's quest to secure international recognition of its claims to sovereignty over the High Arctic islands is a chapter of Canadian history rarely visited. Yet the...

Lessons from the Land. (Northern News).(interactive website on Canadian natural heritage)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... In January, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife launched the first of three modules of the interactive website "Lessons from the Land." The Idaa Trail, the first of three traditional trails to be introduced as...

C-CIARN North experiments with Internet workshop. (Northern News).(Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... Faced with the task of linking researchers and stakeholders all across Canada, the northern region of the Canadian Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Network (C-CIARN North) is experimenting with Internet-based meetings. "Face-to-face...

Axel Heiberg expedition. (Northern News).(June 2004)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The Wilderness Research Foundation is organizing a multidisciplinary scientific expedition to southern Axel Heiberg Island to depart at the end of June 2004. Transportation from a designated assembly area to the field and back, group gear,...

Fulbright award to AINA research associate. (AINA News).(Arctic Institute of North America )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... AINA research associate and Theme School director Karim-Aly Kassam was notified in February that the J. William Fulbright Board and the Organization of American States had selected him as the first Canadian recipient of the Fulbright-OAS...

AINA research associate to head CAFF. (AINA News).(Arctic Institute of North America, and the Artctic Council's Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... This September, AINA research associate Magdalena Muir assumed the position of executive secretary for Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), a working group of the Arctic Council committed to ensuring the long-term conservation of...

ASTIS news. (AINA News).(Arctic Institute of North America, Arctic Science and Technology Information System)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... AINA's Arctic Science and Technology Information System (ASTIS) recently began work on a project to cite, index, and abstract all publications that have resulted from the Northern Contaminants Program (NCP). Since 1991, the NCP has measured...

AINA website redesign. (AINA News).(Arctic Institute of North America )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2003... The AINA website at www.ucalgary.ca/aina has been redesigned to provide easier navigation and to allow online ordering of Institute memberships and publications. Please have a look at the new site and send your comments to our new Webmaster,...

Conferences.(Arctic research)(Calendar)
March 1, 2003... ARCUS 15th Annual Meeting and Arctic Forum 2003 28-29 April 2003, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A. Contact: Wendy K. Warnick, Executive Director Phone: (907) 474- 1600 E-mail: arcus@arcus.org Web site:...