Arctic articles from September 2007

Arctic archives from September 2007

Have you met SARA?(Species at Risk Act 2002)
September 1, 2007... Long before there was legislation that introduced rules about wildlife, people were managing and protecting wildlife in the North. However, the pressures on wildlife have now changed. With climate change and industry pressures, how do we decide...

Wind climate of the Whitehorse area.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Measurements from Whitehorse upper-air and nearby mountaintop stations were analyzed with a focus on wind energy development in the region. Fifty years of measurements indicate the region has become warmer and windier. Measurements at...

Distribution and movements of the Teshekpuk caribou herd 1990-2005: prior to oil and gas development.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Four caribou (Rangifer tarandus grantii) herds calve on the North Slope of Alaska, three of which have been exposed to little or no resource development. We present 15 years of baseline data on the distribution and movements of 72...

A common eider x king eider hybrid captured on the Kent Peninsula, Nunavut.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. On 25 June 2002, we captured and recorded measurements of a male common eider (Somateria mollissima) x king eider (S. spectabilis) hybrid at Nauyak Lake, on the Kent Peninsula, Nunavut. This is the first documented capture of a hybrid...

Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) migration and calling behaviour in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea, autumn 2001-04: an acoustic localization study.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. The westward migration of bowhead whales (Bering Sea stock) was studied during autumn 2001-04 as part of an oil industry monitoring program. An array of Directional Autonomous Seafloor Acoustic Recorders (DASARs) was deployed...

Most northerly observation of a grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) in Canada: photographic and DNA evidence from Melville Island, Northwest Territories.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. During geological studies in 2003 and 2004 on Melville Island, Northwest Territories, Canada, field parties photographed and gathered genetic information on one or more grizzly bears (Ursus arctos). To our knowledge, these data...

Distribution of breeding shorebirds on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Available information on the distribution of breeding shorebirds across the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska is dated, fragmented, and limited in scope. Herein, we describe the distribution of 19 shorebird species from data gathered at...

Limnological characteristics of a High Arctic oasis and comparisons across northern Ellesmere Island.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. Rapidly warming temperatures in the Arctic are predicted to markedly alter the limnology of tundra lakes and ponds. These changes include increases in aquatic production, pH, specific conductivity, and nutrient levels. However,...

Annual arctic wolf pack size related to arctic hare numbers.(Report)
September 1, 2007... ABSTRACT. During the summers of 2000 through 2006, I counted arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) pups and adults in a pack, arctic hares (Lepus arcticus) along a 9 km index route in the area, and muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in a 250 [km.sup.2]...

Jan Welzl (1868-1948).(Essay)
September 1, 2007... In the 1930s and 1940s, a man named Jan Welzl lived in the Yukon Territory's Dawson City, a town more or less surrounded by goldfields. Unlike other Dawsonites, however, Welzl did not prospect for gold. Instead, he occupied himself with the...

Greenland's Winter Whales: the Beluga, the Narwhal and the Bowhead Whale.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... GREENLAND'S WINTER WHALES: THE BELUGA, THE NARWHAL AND THE BOWHEAD WHALE. By MADS PETER HEIDE-JORGENSEN and KRISTIN LAIDRE. Edited by BRITT-MARIE JESPERSEN. Nuuk, Greenland: Ilinniusiorfik Undervisningsmiddelforlag, 2006. ISBN-13:...

Carving Faces, Carving Lives: People of the Boreal Forest.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... CARVING FACES, CARVING LIVES: PEOPLE OF THE BOREAL FOREST. By TERRY GARVIN. 2005. Edmonton: Heritage Community Foundation, 2005. ISBN 0-9739892-1-1. 239 p., map, colour illus., glossary, appendix, index. Softbound. Cdn$40.00. The title of...

Alaska Native Art: Tradition-Innovation-Continuity.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... ALASKA NATIVE ART: TRADITION-INNOVATION-CONTINUITY. By SUSAN W. FAIR for the Alaska State Council on the Arts. Edited by JEAN BLODGETT. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2006. ISBN 13: 978-1-889963-79-2. xxxi + 280 p., maps, b & w and...

L'ame De La Terre: Parcours D'un Geographe.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... L'AME DE LA TERRE: PARCOURS D'UN GEOGRAPHE. By LOUIS-EDMOND HAMELIN. Quebec: Editions MultiMondes, 2006. ISBN-13: 978-2-89544-087-1. x + 246 p., b & w illus., index. Cdn$34.95. This latest book by Louis-Edmond Hamelin is neither...

Heart of the Yukon: a Natural and Cultural History of the Mayo Area.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... HEART OF THE YUKON: A NATURAL AND CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE MAYO AREA. Edited by LYNETTE BLEILER, CHRISTOPHER BURN and MARK O'DONOGHUE. Mayo, Yukon: Village of Mayo, 2006. ISBN 0-9780263-0-6. (Available from Village of Mayo, PO Box 160, Mayo, YT...

The Arctic Climate System.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... THE ARCTIC CLIMATE SYSTEM. By ROGER BARRY and MARK SERREZE. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series. ISBN 0-521-81418-9. xvii + 385 p., maps, b & w illus., colour plates, bib., index....

Twentieth-Century Shore-Station Whaling in Newfoundland and Labrador.(Book review)
September 1, 2007... TWENTIETH-CENTURY SHORE-STATION WHALING IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR. By ANTHONY B. DICKINSON and CHESLEY W. SANGER. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-7735-2881-4. xvii + 254 p., maps., b & w illus., appendices, notes,...

Books received.
September 1, 2007... ARCTIC HELL-SHIP: THE VOYAGE OF HMS ENTERPRISE 1850-1855. By WILLIAMBARR. Edmonton: The University of Alberta Press, 2007. ISBN-13: 978-0-88864-433-6. xiv + 318 p., maps, b & w and colour illus., notes, bib., index. Softbound. Cdn$34.95. ...

Papers to appear in Arctic.
September 1, 2007... SIMPSON, J.J., STUART, M.C., and DALY, C. A Discriminant Analysis Model of Alaskan Biomes Based on Spatial Climatic and Environmental Data. STEWART, E.J., HOWELL, S.E.L., DRAPER, D., YACKEL, J., and TIVY, A. Sea Ice in Canada's Arctic:...

AIDJEX revisited: a look back at the U.S.-Canadian Arctic ice dynamics joint experiment 1970-78.(InfoNorth)
September 1, 2007... INTRODUCTION THE ARCTIC ICE DYNAMICS JOINT EXPERIMENT (AIDJEX) was an American-Canadian project to develop a comprehensive model of sea ice cover under the combined influences of the atmosphere and the ocean. From sea ice modeling studies...

Canadian IPY Publications Database.(NORTHERN NEWS)(International Polar Year)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... The Canadian International Polar Year Publications Database (CIPYPD) is now available at: . The CIPYPD makes the Canadian portion of the international IPY Publications Database available from its own bilingual website. The CIPYPD describes...

New AINA Fellow.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America, Andy Williams)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... AINA's Board of Directors has recently approved the nomination of Mr. Andy Williams as a new Fellow of the Arctic Institute of North America. Andy has made significant contributions to the knowledge of polar and subpolar regions as manager...

New AINA research associates.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America, William Semple, Wayne Strong)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Two new research associates have recently joined the ranks of AINA. Mr. William Semple is currently a senior researcher in the Housing Technology Group at Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. He has been involved in a number of innovative...

AINA welcomes new employees.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America, Alvina Mountenay, Ruth Klinkhammer)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... Two new employees have recently joined AINA. Ms. Alvina Mountenay has been AINA's new Institute Manager since June 20, 2007. Alvina came from the University of Calgary's Learning Centre, where she held the position of Business Advisor. Well...

Campus Fair 2007.(AINA NEWS)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... On June 8 and 9, the Arctic Institute was front and centre at the University of Calgary's annual Campus Fair, partnering for the first time with the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine on an exciting exhibit called "Awesome Arctic Animals." AINA...

2007 Gussow Conference on Arctic Energy Exploration.(AINA NEWS)
September 1, 2007... The 2007 Gussow Conference on Arctic Energy Exploration will be held on 15-17 October in the idyllic setting of the Banff Centre. Its program is now complete, and many people have already registered. Attendees will gain a multi-faceted view of...

New KLRS newsletter now available.(AINA NEWS)
September 1, 2007... The latest issue of the Kluane Lake Research Station (KLRS) newsletter is now available for downloading on AINA's website (www.arctic.ucalgary.ca). Beautifully designed and very informative, it provides information about ongoing projects and...

AINA's successful Arctic expedition.(AINA NEWS)(Arctic Institute of North America)(Brief article)
September 1, 2007... AINA's Executive Director, Dr. Benoit Beauchamp, returned safely to Calgary after a nearly one-month long expedition to Canada's High Arctic. It was the second year in a row that AINA staged a research expedition on Ellesmere Island. Beauchamp,...

Conferences.(InfoNorth)(Calendar)
September 1, 2007... 58th AAAS-Arctic Science Conference Partnering for Northern Futures: Science, Policy, Education and Legacy in the International Polar Year 24-26 September 2007, Anchorage, Alaska Contact: John Kelley, School of Fisheries and Ocean...