Arctic articles from September 2002

Arctic archives from September 2002

Circumpolar Ecosystems 2000.
September 1, 2002... During February 2000, the Churchill Northern Studies Centre hosted the Fourth Circumpolar Ecosystems Conference and Workshop. Of more than 120 participants, 92 travelled to Churchill from all directions, with strong representation from the...

A North American Arctic aerosol climatology using ground-based sunphotometry.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. The Arctic is known as a key area for the detection of climate changes and atmospheric pollution on a global scale. In this paper we describe a new Canadian sunphotometer network called AEROCAN, whose primary mandate is to establish a...

The annual carbon budget for fen and forest in a wetland at Arctic treeline.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Three separate research efforts conducted in the same wetland-peatland system in the northern Hudson Bay Lowland near the town of Churchill, Manitoba, allow a comparison of two carbon budget estimates, one derived from long-term...

Development of white spruce tree islands in the shrub zone of the forest-tundra.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. The growth of four white spruce (Picea glauca) clonal islands ranging in age from Ca. 98 years to more than 400 years was investigated in the shrub zone of the forest-tundra east of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. The elongation of 20...

Photographic key for the microhistological identification of some Arctic vascular plants.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Microhistological techniques are used in many studies of food habits in herbivores. A photographic key for the microhistological identification of 112 Arctic and Subarctic plant species is presented. Epidermal features used in the key...

Plant diversity and cover after wildfire on anthropogenically disturbed and undisturbed sites in subarctic upland Picea mariana forest.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Postfire development of cover and diversity was studied in an upland Picea mariana-dominated forest in the Canadian Subarctic. Short-term vegetation responses of 10- and 22-year-old cleated rights-of-way and a forest site were...

Sustainable development for Canada's Arctic and Subarctic communities: a backcasting approach to Churchill, Manitoba.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. Backcasting has been used to evaluate sustainable development in several communities in Canada, Europe, and the United States, but no research has applied it to a remote northern community. This first such effort, which took place in...

Integrated management planning in Canada's northern marine environment: engaging coastal communities.
September 1, 2002... ABSTRACT. In accordance with international law and custom, Canada declared an exclusive economic zone of 2.9 million [km.sup.2] when it passed the Oceans Act in 1997. Extensive resource management responsibilities were associated with this...

Muskox Land: Ellesmere Island in the Age of Contact. (Reviews).
September 1, 2002... MUSKOX LAND: ELLESMERE ISLAND IN THE AGE OF CONTACT. By LYLE DICK. Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2001. 615 P., maps, b&w illus., notes, bib., index. Softbound. Cdn$34.95. Let it be said at once that the broad sweep of this book is...

Changing Tracks: Predators and Politics in Mt. McKinley National Park. (Reviews).
September 1, 2002... CHANGING TRACKS: PREDATORS AND POLITICS IN MT. McKINLEY NATIONAL PARK. By TIMOTHY RAWSON. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. 326 p., maps, b&w illus., bib., index. Hardbound, US$39.95; Softbound, US$24.95. I never met Adolph...

Aspects of Arctic and Sub-Arctic History. (Reviews).
September 1, 2002... ASPECTS OF ARCTIC AND SUB-ARCTIC HISTORY. Edited by INGI SIGURDSSON and JON SKAPTASON. Proceedings of the International Congress on the History of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic Region, Reykjavik, 18-21 June 1998. Reykjavik: University of Iceland...

Barrenlands: An Epic Search for Diamonds in the North American Arctic. (Reviews).
September 1, 2002... BARREN LANDS: AN EPIC SEARCH FOR DIAMONDS IN THE NORTH AMERICAN ARCTIC. By KEVIN KRAJICK. Toronto, Ontario: General Publishing, 2001. ISBN 0-7167-4026-5, xiii + 442 p., maps, notes, index. Hardbound. Cdn$42.00. This book's main title,...

Sacred Hunt: A Portrait of the Relationship Between Seals and Inuit. (Reviews).(Book Review)
September 1, 2002... SACRED HUNT: A PORTRAIT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEALS AND INUIT. By DAVID F. PELLY. Vancouver: Greystone Books and Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2001. ISBN 1-55054-885-9. xv + 127 p., 2 maps, b&w and color illus., bib., index....

Daughter of Strangers. (Reviews).
September 1, 2002... DAUGHTER OF STRANGERS. By MARJORY GORDON. Ottawa, Ontario: Oberon Press, 2001. 144 p., glossary, two maps. Hardbound, Cdn$31.95; Softbound, Cdn$15.95. For years I have wished that Canadian archaeologists would follow the practice of some...

Books received.
September 1, 2002... CANADA AND THE IDEA OF NORTH. By SHERRILL E. GRACE. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-7735-2247-6. xxv + 341 p., b&w and colour illus., notes, bib. Hardbound. Cdn$49.95. DEADLY WINTER: THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. By...

Survey of living conditions in the Arctic: Inuit, Saami and the indigenous peoples of Chukotka (SLICA). (InfoNorth).
September 1, 2002... ARCTIC SCIENTISTS wrote, in the 1998 Opportunities in Arc tic Research: Final Report for the U.S. National Science Foundation, "For the last few decades the scientific community has expressed concern about the vulnerability of the Arctic and...

Grant-in-Aid program recipients in 2002. (Aina News).(Brief Article)
September 1, 2002... The Grant-in-Aid Committee received 30 proposals this year--a record number. Unfortunately we were able to fund only seven, at $1000 each. As before, all funds reflect donations from Institute members. Those receiving funds this year were...

Arctic 50 years ago.
September 1, 2002... * At the annual meeting of the AINA Board of Governors on 8 November 1952, Dr. A.L. (Linc) Washburn was elected an Honorary Member of the Arctic Institute. Dr. Washburn was only the fifth individual to receive this honour since the start of the...

Conferences.
September 1, 2002... Second AMAP International Symposium on Environmental Pollution of the Arctic 1-4 October 2002, Rovaniemi, Finland Contact: AMAP Secretariat Stromsveien 96 PO Box 8100 Dep., N-0032 Oslo, Norway. Phone: + 47 2324 1635 ...