Arctic articles from September 2000

Arctic archives from September 2000

Spirit of the Arctic and the next generation of Arctic researchers.
September 1, 2000... Last September I was asked to give the closing talk at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting at Denali Park in Alaska. It was the 50th anniversary meeting of the Arctic section of AAAS, and several of the...

Ground sloth Megalonyx from Pleistocene deposits of the Old Crow Basin, Yukon, Canada.
September 1, 2000... (Received 17 August 1999; accepted in revised form 26 January 2000) ABSTRACT. The bear-sized ground sloth Megalonyx, endemic to North America, was widespread during the Pleistocene, reaching as far north as Alaska, Yukon, and Northwest...

Second breeding site for Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada.
September 1, 2000... (Received 27 July 1999; accepted in revised form 9 February 2000) ABSTRACT. Only 15 cases of breeding of Ross's gull Rhodostethia rosea are known outside of Siberia. While numerous birds are regularly seen in the fall at Point Barrow,...

Archaeology and oral history of Inuit land use on the Kazan River, Nunavut: a feature-based approach.
September 1, 2000... (Received 18 November 1999; accepted in revised form 25 February 2000) ABSTRACT. Archaeology and oral history are used to interpret recent Inuit land use along the lower Kazan River. A record of caribou crossings, camps, and other places...

Tropical volcano, high predation pressure, and the breeding biology of Arctic waterbirds: a circumpolar review of breeding failure in the summer of 1992.
September 1, 2000... (Received 27 November 1998; accepted in revised form 11 April 2000) ABSTRACT. Although periodic breeding failures of Arctic-nesting birds on a regional scale are common, a breeding failure encompassing almost the entire Arctic in the same...

Ghosts of Cape Sabine: the harrowing true story of the Greely expedition.
September 1, 2000... GHOSTS OF CAPE SABINE: THE HARROWING TRUE STORY OF THE GREELY EXPEDITION. By LEONARD F. GUTTRIDGE. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2000. 354 p., maps, b&w illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$37.99. Depending on their personalities,...

Bark, skin, and cedar: exploring the canoe in Canadian experience.
September 1, 2000... BARK, SKIN, AND CEDAR: EXPLORING THE CANOE IN CANADIAN EXPERIENCE. By JAMES RAFFAN. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., 1999. ISBN 0-00-638653-9. xiv + 274 p., maps, b&w illus., notes, index. Softbound. Cdn$19.95. Bark, Skin, and Cedar...

Mount Logan v1.
September 1, 2000... MOUNT LOGAN, Volume 1. By GERALD HOLDSWORTH. Calgary, Alberta: The Arctic Institute of North America, 2000. ISBN 0-919034-95-0. Single CD-ROM, comprising text with bibliographic references, colour and b&w photographs, maps, sketches, and...

Searching for Franklin: the land Arctic searching expedition: James Anderson's and James Stewart's expedition via the Back River.
September 1, 2000... SEARCHING FOR FRANKLIN: THE LAND ARCTIC SEARCHING EXPEDITION. JAMES ANDERSON'S AND JAMES STEWART'S EXPEDITION VIA THE BACK RIVER, 1855. Edited by WILLIAM BARR. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, no. 1. London: Hakluyt Society, 1999. xvi + 292...

Across the top of the world: the quest for the Northwest Passage.
September 1, 2000... ACROSS THE TOP OF THE WORLD: THE QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE. By JAMES P. DELGADO. Vancouver and Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. ISBN 0-55054-734-8. 228 p., maps, b&w and colour illus., notes, bib., index. Hardbound. Cdn$45.00. One...

Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island 1883-1884: journals and letters.
September 1, 2000... FRANZ BOAS AMONG THE INUIT OF BAFFIN ISLAND 1883-1884: JOURNALS AND LETTERS. Edited by LUDGER MULLER-WILLE and translated by WILLIAM BARR. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. ISBN 0-8020-4150-7. xvi + 284 p., maps, b&w illus.,...

Jens Peder Hart Hansen (1936-1998).
September 1, 2000... Jens Peder Hart Hansen has left us all too soon. He died from acute leukemia on 23 September 1998 at the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. Jens Peder was born in Copenhagen into a family of outstanding physicians. His grandfather was...

H. Stuart Innes (1953-2000).
September 1, 2000... Dr. Stuart Innes (Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans), along with Dr. Malcolm Ramsay (University of Saskatchewan), died in a helicopter crash near Resolute Bay, Nunavut, on 21 May 2000. Both Stu and Malcolm are remembered with affection...

Malcolm Alexander Ramsay (1949-2000).
September 1, 2000... Dr. Malcolm A. Ramsay, a dedicated evolutionary ecologist and naturalist, died at the age of 51 in a helicopter accident on the 21st May, 2000. He and a close colleague, Dr. Stuart Innes, were returning to the research station of Resolute...

Arctic Council, Antarctica and northern studies in Canada.
September 1, 2000... PREAMBLE THIS is a time of great debate about the future of Northern Studies in Canada. Most of those engaged in the debate believe that we need a new, rejuvenated vision for Northern Studies. One major change has already occurred: the...