Arctic articles from September 2006

Arctic archives from September 2006

Who are the "authors" when traditional knowledge is documented?
September 1, 2006... Authorship of a scholarly publication entails both credit for the work and responsibility for the contents. The work and responsibility include both the writing of the paper and the data it contains. So who are the authors when traditional...

Polar bear predatory behaviour toward molting barnacle geese and nesting glaucous gulls on Spitsbergen.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) was observed stalking and chasing a flock of adult flightless barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) in a coastal bay in Hornsund, southwest Spitsbergen. Before chasing the geese, the polar bear appeared to...

Using videography to quantify landscape-level availability of habitat for grazers: an example with emperor geese in Western Alaska.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. We present a videography approach to estimating large-scale availability of grazing lawns, an important food resource used by broods of emperor geese (Chen canagica) on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. Sampling was conducted in...

Possible effects of climate warming on selected populations of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Canadian Arctic.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival. Climate warming in the Arctic has caused significant declines in total cover and thickness of sea ice in the polar basin and progressively earlier breakup in some areas. Inuit hunters in the...

The spiders of East Bay, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. In 2000 and 2001, 22 816 spiders were caught in pitfall traps in East Bay Migratory Bird Sanctuary, Southampton Island, Nunavut, Canada. Of these, 18711 were adults of 18 species, 4lycosids and 14linyphiids, with 2 of the linyphiids...

Assessment of three mapping techniques to delineate lakes and ponds in a Canadian High Arctic wetland complex.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. Recent evidence points to warmer and wetter conditions for Arctic regions. It is not clear how High Arctic environments, in particular extensive wetlands, will respond to these rapid changes. Sustainability studies of wetland...

Investigating local definitions of sustainability in the Arctic: insights from post-Soviet Sakha villages.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. Contemporary survival for post-Soviet Russia's indigenous communities is complicated both by a Soviet legacy that undermined local ecological knowledge, kinship settlement patterns, land and resource rights, and robust ecosystems, and...

An Arctic-breeding bird survey on the northwestern Ungava Peninsula, Quebec, Canada.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. Knowledge of breeding bird distribution and abundance in the Canadian Arctic remains rudimentary for many species, particularly for shorebirds and songbirds. To help fill this gap, randomly selected plots were surveyed on the...

Ross's gull (Rhodostethia rosea) breeding in Penny Strait, Nunavut, Canada.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. We found a small, previously undiscovered breeding colony of Ross's gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) in Nunavut, Canada, approximately 80 km from a previous colony location occupied during the 1970s. The birds nested in association with...

Wolf (Canis lupus) predation of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub on the sea ice off northwestern Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada.
September 1, 2006... ABSTRACT. We describe the apparent predation of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) cub by wolves (Canis lupus) on the sea ice just off the northwest coast of Banks Island, Northwest Territories, Canada. On 20 April 2004, while following the tracks...

Migration and Winter Ranges of Birds in Greenland.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... MIGRATION AND WINTER RANGES OF BIRDS IN GREENLAND. By PETER LYNGS. Copenhagen: Danish Ornithological Society/BirdLife Denmark, 2003. Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift 97. 167 p., maps, b & w illus., bib., appendix. Softbound. Available...

The Gulf of Alaska: Biology and Oceanography.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 1, 2006... THE GULF OF ALASKA: BIOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY. Edited by PHILLIP R. MUNDY. Fairbanks: Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2005. ISBN 1-55612-090-X. vi + 214 p., maps, b & w illus., bib., acronyms, index. Hardbound....

Life and Death on the Greenland Patrol.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... LIFE AND DEATH ON THE GREENLAND PATROL, 1942. By THADDEUS D. NOVAK. Edited by P.J. CAPELOTTI. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2005. ISBN 0-8130-2912-0, 206 p., maps, b & w illus., notes, maps, index, bib. Hardbound. US$59.95. In...

The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins--Australia's Unknown Hero.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... THE LAST EXPLORER: HUBERT WILKINS--AUSTRALIA'S UNKNOWN HERO. By SIMON NASHT. Sydney, Australia: Hodder, 2005. ISBN 0 7336 1831 6. 346 p., maps, b & w illus., index, notes. Softbound. Austral. $35.00. (North American and British publication by...

The Diary of Abraham Ulrikab: Text and Context.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... THE DIARY OF ABRAHAM ULRIKAB: TEXT AND CONTEXT. Edited by HARTMUT LUTZ, with foreword and cover art by ALOOTOOK IPELLIE, and photos by HANS-LUDWIG BLOHM. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2005. ISBN 0-7766-0602-6. xxviii + 100p., b & w...

The Tlingit Indians in Russian America.(The Tlingit Indians in Russian America, 1741-1867)(Book review)
September 1, 2006... THE TLINGIT INDIANS IN RUSSIAN AMERICA, 1741-1867, by ANDREI VALTEROVITCH GRINEV. Translated by RICHARD L. BLAND and KATERINA G. SOLOVJOVA. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8032-2214-9. 386 p., maps, b & w illus., appendix,...

Mapper of Mountains: M.P. Bridgland in the Canadian Rockies, 1902-1930.(Book review)
September 1, 2006... MAPPER OF MOUNTAINS: M.P. BRIDGLAND IN THE CANADIAN ROCKIES 1902-1930. By I.S. MacLAREN, with ERIC HIGGS and GABRIELLE ZEZULKA-MAILLOUX. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 2005. ISBN 0-88864-456-6. xviii + 295 p., maps, b & w illus.,...

Books received.
September 1, 2006... THE BEST JOURNEY IN THE WORLD: ADVENTURES IN CANADA'S HIGH ARCTIC. By JIM LOTZ. Lawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia: Pottersfield Press, 2006.224p., maps, b & w illus., bib. Softbound. Cdn$19.95. BIJABOJI: NORTH TO ALASKA BY OAR. By BETTY...

Papers to appear in Arctic.
September 1, 2006... MORRISON, D. Painted Wooden Plaques from the MacFarlane Collection: The Earliest Inuvialuit Graphic Art. WYNNE, M.J. An Early Collection of the Red Alga Mikamiella ruprechtiana Made by Carl Merck on the Billings Expedition to Alaska...

Alaskan oilfield development and glaucous gulls.(Letter to the editor)
September 1, 2006... Dear Editor: In their recent paper, Noel et al. (2006) evaluated data about glaucous gull (Larus hyperboreus) numbers on the Arctic Coastal Plain to determine whether they have increased over time and whether apparent changes were related...

Commander Angus Bruce Erskine, RN 1928-2006.(Narrative biography)(In memoriam)
September 1, 2006... Angus Erskine died in Edinburgh on 15 April 2006, a respected and much-loved member of both Arctic and Antarctic communities, who had combined a naval career with polar expeditions and then pioneered ecotourism in the Arctic. His dry humour,...

IPY 2007-08 and social/human sciences: an update.(InfoNorth)
September 1, 2006... THIS REVIEW OF THE CURRENT STATUS OF ACTIVITIES in the social sciences and the humanities under the forthcoming International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 covers critical steps in the IPY planning and implementation process during the last 18...

Canada Post to issue IPY stamp in 2007.(NORTHERN NEWS)
September 1, 2006... In February 2007, Canada Post will issue a stamp commemorating the 125th anniversary of the First International Polar Year (1882-83). Each year Canada Post receives thousands of stamp suggestions. Members of the Stamp Advisory Committee examine...

AINA Fellow receives Patron's Medal.(Arctic Institute of North America, Royal Geographical Society)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... AINA Fellow and Life Member Jack Ives was recently awarded the prestigious Patron's Medal of Britain's Royal Geographical Society (RGS) for 2006. Ives, a professor at Carleton University, was recognized by the RGS for his lifelong work in...

AINA's Executive Director goes North.(AINA NEWS)(Benoit Beauchamp and Steve Grasby of Arctic Institute of North America)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... AINA Executive Director Benoit Beauchamp and Steve Grasby, a research scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada, were in Canada's High Arctic from late June to mid July. Along with graduate students Dahmnait Gleeson and Marie-Eve Caron,...

Foothills Pipe Lines and Yukon Parks Branch support the Yukon Biodiversity Database.(AINA NEWS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2006... In 2006, the Yukon Biodiversity Database is being funded by Foothills Pipe Lines Ltd. and the Parks Branch, Yukon Department of Environment. The database, created in 2004 for the Yukon Biodiversity Working Group by AINA's Arctic Science...

Conferences.(InfoNorth)(environmental research)(Calendar)
September 1, 2006... Interface Processes Between the Ocean, Atmosphere, Sea Ice, and Snow in Polar Regions Joint IGAC/CACGP/WMO Symposium 17-23 September 2006 Cape Town, South Africa Website: http://www.atmosphericinterfaces2006.co.za/ The...