Northern News

Authors

  • Arctic Institute of North America

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic3941

Keywords:

Animal diseases, Biographies, Birds, Botany, Caucasians, Dogs, Expeditions, Fisheries, Furbearing animals, Geological exploration, Health, Hydrography, Indians, Inuit, M'Clintock, Sir Francis Leopold, 1819-1907, Oceanography, Plant-soil relationships, Plants (Biology), Rabies, Research, Roots, Soil profiles, Testing, Tuberculosis, Uranium, X-rays, Canadian Beaufort Sea, Amundsen Gulf, N.W.T., Alaska, Canadian Arctic, Moosonee, Ontario, Attawapiskat, Moose Factory, Waskaganish, Québec, Eastmain, Vieux-Comptoir, Chisasibi, Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Inukjuak, Puvirnituq, Guillaume-Delisle, Lac, region, Kuujjuarapik, Whapmagoostui, Fort Albany

Abstract

The news items include: 1) information on a hydrographic and oceanographic expedition to the Beaufort Sea; 2) a report by Herbert Hanson on his research in western Alaska, undertaken during the summers of 1949 and 1950, concerning the relationships of plant communities to the physical environment; 3) details of "arctic dog disease" and precautions to follow when shipping dog samples south for diagnosis; 4) notes on uranium prospecting in Alaska; 5) notification that copies of microfilms of journals relating to expeditions led by Sir F.L. M'Clintock were received by the Northern Administration Branch of the Canadian Dept. of Resources and Development; 6) results of an tuberculosis survey of the native peoples living in the area to be served by the new hospital in Moose Factory.

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Published

1951-01-01

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (1951): September: 73–144

Section

Northern News