Northern News

Authors

  • Arctic Institute of North America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3795

Keywords:

Animal behaviour, Animal population, Animal reproduction, Archaeology, Biological sampling, Coasts, Creep, Excavation, Formation, Frost heaving, Frozen ground, Geomorphology, Glaciology, Ground ice, Logistics, Mass wasting, Necropsy, Plant collections, Plant distribution, Plant-soil relationships, Plants (Biology), Radiocarbon dating, Rock Ptarmigan, Soil profiles, Taiga ecology, Thickness, Trenching, Wildlife habitat, Willow Ptarmigan, Innissiaq Hill region, Yukon, Hudson Bay region, Manitoba, Eagle Summit region, Alaska, Torngat Mountains, Labrador/Québec

Abstract

The news items include: 1) an account by J.R. MacKay and W.H. Mathews of 17 days' work at the Firth River archaeological site investigating geomorphic and stratigraphic problems; 2) studies on the flora and vegetation of the taiga zone of northern Manitoba by J.C. Ritchie; 3) a field and laboratory study of the ecology, life history and behaviour of ptarmigan near Eagle Summit, Alaska by Robert B. Weeden; and 4) a geomorphological and glaciological investigation in the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador by J.D. Ives.

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Published

1956-01-01

Issue

Vol 9, No 3: 1956

Section

Northern News