Recently added articles from Arctic:
Liver parasites and body condition in relation to environmental contaminants in caribou (rangifer tarandus) from labrador, Canada.(ARCTIC)(Report)
Mar 01, 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 objective of this study was to determine links ...
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)
Mar 01, 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 approaches provide important ecological information, ...
Radar observations of Arctic bird migration in the Beringia region.(ARCTIC)(Report)
Mar 01, 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 northwestward off the coast of Alaska to Point Barrow ....
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)
Mar 01, 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 during the Holocene. Since the annual bowhead ...
Eighteenth century Labrador Inuit in England.(Report)
Mar 01, 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 Mikak and her son Tutauk, brought to England ...
Distribution and diet of Ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) in the North Water polynya.(Report)
Mar 01, 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 polynya that occurs every year near ivory gull ...
Drinking water in northwestern Alaska: using or not using centralized water systems in two rural communities.(Report)
Mar 01, 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 agencies to install centralized water systems in ...
Polynyas and tidal currents in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.(Report)
Mar 01, 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 hot spots in these quantities correspond to ...
Status of high Arctic black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) colonies in Barrow Strait, Nunavut, Canada.(Report)
Mar 01, 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. During these three decades, one small colony ...
Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863-1955).(Biography)
Mar 01, 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 force of persuasion moved hearts and fleets of ...
Climate change and globalization in the arctic: an integrated approach to vulnerability assessment.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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. US$70.00. It is widely accepted that ...
Isuma: Inuit Video Art. By Michael Robert Evans.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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 awards around the world, including the ...
International Handbook Of Research on Indigenous Entrepreneurship.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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 contributors, references, index. Hardbound. US$315.00. ...
Essence Of Polar Philately: An Encyclopedia Of Polar Philately.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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 United States; US$50 postpaid to Canada; US$55 ...
Resurrecting DR. Moss: The Life And Letters Of A Royal Navy Surgeon, Edward Lawton Moss.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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 of North America. ISBN 978-1-55238-232-5. xvi ...
Towards An Archaeology Of The Nain Region, Labrador.(Book review)
Mar 01, 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 Anthropology 7, ISBN 978-0-9816142-0-5. 366 p., ...
Books Received.(Bibliography)
Mar 01, 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: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLAR PHILATELY. By ...
Papers To Appear In Arctic.
Mar 01, 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, J.A. Population dynamics of Long-tailed ...
Northern Exposure: promoting Arctic science news to the Canadian Public.(InfoNorth)
Mar 01, 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 Arctic is currently the focus of much ...
Editor's note.
Mar 01, 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 months. The AINA home page now includes ...