Arctic articles from March 2009

Arctic archives from March 2009

Liver parasites and body condition in relation to environmental contaminants in caribou (rangifer tarandus) from labrador, Canada.(ARCTIC)(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Over the last several decades, elders and hunters of the Innu Nation in Labrador, Canada, have expressed concerns over perceived declines in environmental health and the integrity of country food, including caribou. The primary...

Movement and aggregation of Eastern Hudson Bay Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas): A comparison of patterns found through satellite telemetry and Nunavik Traditional Ecological Knowledge.(ARCTIC)(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) consists of the collective knowledge, experience, and values of subsistence communities, while Western science relies on hypothesis testing to obtain information on natural processes. Both...

Radar observations of Arctic bird migration in the Beringia region.(ARCTIC)(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Bird migration was recorded by tracking radar and visual observations in the Beringia region. The data were subdivided into seven areas extending from north of Wrangel Island southeastward toward the Bering Strait and then...

A 10400-year-old bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) skull from Ellef Ringnes Island, Nunavut: implications for sea-ice conditions in high Arctic Canada at the end of the last glaciation.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Variations in the distribution and radiocarbon ages of postglacial bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) remains throughout the Canadian Arctic Archipelago indicate that the range of this whale expanded and contracted several times...

Eighteenth century Labrador Inuit in England.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. In the late 18th century, a number of Labrador Inuit were at different times taken to England. Their lives, journeys, and likenesses were unusually well documented through writings and portraiture. Presented here are the histories of...

Distribution and diet of Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) in the North Water polynya.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea, Phipps, 1774), one of the world's least-known species, have declined throughout their range in recent years. This study describes the patterns of ivory gull use of the North Water polynya, a large...

Drinking water in northwestern Alaska: using or not using centralized water systems in two rural communities.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. Over the last 100 years, there have been major changes in the way Inupiaq villages in Alaska have procured fresh water for drinking and other human uses. Since the 1960s, major funding has been provided by local, state, and federal...

Polynyas and tidal currents in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. A tidal model of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago was used to map the strength of the tidal currents, tidal mixing (h/[U.sup.3]), and the vertical excursion associated with the tidal currents that drive water upslope and downslope. The...

Status of high Arctic black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies in Barrow Strait, Nunavut, Canada.(Report)
March 1, 2009... ABSTRACT. We used aerial survey estimates, photographic censuses, and plot counts to examine trends in the size of five black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies around Barrow Strait, eastern Nunavut, Canada, between 1972 and 2007....

Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863-1955).(Biography)
March 1, 2009... The genre of Arctic literature is heavily populated with male adventure-hero protagonists, but the role of women in 19th-century Arctic exploration has usually been overlooked. One exception, of course, was Lady Jane Franklin, a woman whose...

Climate change and globalization in the arctic: an integrated approach to vulnerability assessment.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBALIZATION IN THE ARCTIC: AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT. By E. CARINA H. KESKITALO. London: Earthscan, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84407-528-7. xi + 254 p., b&w illus., notes, references, index. Hardbound....

Isuma: Inuit Video Art. By Michael Robert Evans.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... In 2001, the Canadian feature film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner dazzled global audiences with its stunning portrayal of Inuit folklore brought to life. The first dramatic film ever made that was produced, directed, and acted by Inuit, it won...

International Handbook Of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF RESEARCH ON INDIGENOUS ENTREPRENEURSHIP. Edited by LEO-PAUL DANA and ROBERT B. ANDERSON. Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2007. ISBN 978-1-84376-834-0. xiv + 620 p., b&w illus., 50...

Essence Of Polar Philately: An Encyclopedia Of Polar Philately.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... ESSENCE OF POLAR PHILATELY: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLAR PHILATELY. By HAL VOGEL. Exton, Pennsylvania: American Society of Polar Philatelists, 2008. ISBN 978-0-9776449-0-2. x + 206 p., maps, colour illus., appendices, index. US$45 postpaid in the...

Resurrecting DR. Moss: The Life And Letters Of A Royal Navy Surgeon, Edward Lawton Moss.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... RESURRECTING DR. MOSS: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF A ROYAL NAVY SURGEON, EDWARD LAWTON MOSS MD, RN, 1843-1880. By PAUL c. APPLETON. Edited by WILLIAM BARR. Calgary, Alberta: University of Calgary Press, 2008. Co-published with the Arctic Institute...

Towards An Archaeology Of The Nain Region, Labrador.(Book review)
March 1, 2009... TOWARDS AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NAIN REGION, LABRADOR. By BRYAN C. HOOD. Edited by WILLIAM W. FITZHUGH. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, 2008. Contributions to Circumpolar...

Books Received.(Bibliography)
March 1, 2009... ENCOUNTERS ON THE PASSAGE: INUIT MEET THE EXPLORERS. By DOROTHY HARLEY EBER. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008. ISBN 978-8020-9275-5. xxiv + 168 p., maps, b&w illus., notes, index. Hardbound. Cdn$45.00. ESSENCE OF POLAR PHILATELY:...

Papers To Appear In Arctic.
March 1, 2009... MILLER, F.L., and BARRY, SJ. Long-Term Control of Peary Caribou Numbers by Unpredictable Exceptionally Severe Snow or Ice Conditions in a Non-Equilibrium Grazing System. SCHAMBER, J.L., FLINT, PL., GRAND, J.B., WILSON, H.M., and MORSE,...

Northern Exposure: promoting Arctic science news to the Canadian Public.(InfoNorth)
March 1, 2009... INTRODUCTION IN 2008, THE ARCTIC INSTITUTE WON an International Polar Year (IPY) grant, through Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, to promote Arctic science to Canadians. The award was timely for a number of reasons. For one, the...

Editor's note.
March 1, 2009... Starting with this issue, the news items and conference listings will no longer appear in the print journal. Our Director of Communications, Ruth Klinkhammer, has been working hard on revising and expnding the AINA website over the past few...

Erratum.(Correction notice)
March 1, 2009... Stewart, R.E.A. 2008. Redefining walrus stocks in Canada. Arctic 61(3):292-308. In Figure 6 (p. 302), please ignore the wintering area indicated in the middle of Davis Strait (ca. 65[degrees] N), which was included in error.