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  • Using Satellites to Track Wolves during the Arctic Winter

    02.12.2009

    Scientists are tracking the movements of wolves using satellites. In July on Ellesmere Island in Canada, US Geological Survey wolf researcher David Mech and Canadian biologist Dean Cluff equipped Brutus, a 9-year old wolf pack leader they first encountered in 2003, with a satellite collar.

  • Onset of Younger Dryas Happened in Matter of Months Not Decades

    02.12.2009

    While investigating a mud core retrieved from ancient Lake Lough Monreach in Ireland, Dr. William Patterson from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada, has succeeded to show that the North Atlantic circulation might have stopped in a matter of months and not decades as was previously thought, triggering rapid climate…

  • A Common Seasonal Pattern Found in Bacterial Communities in Six Arctic Rivers

    30.11.2009

    New research on bacterial communities in six large Arctic riverecosystems (in the Ob, Yenisey, Lena, Kolyma, Yukon and MackenzieRivers) reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting scientistscould use them as markers for monitoring climate change in the PolarRegions. The Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences showedbacterial communities in the studied…

  • GBASE Project to Investigate Subglacial Environments in Antarctica

    30.11.2009

    A team of researchers representing nine institutions have embarked on a project to drill through the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica to gain access to a subglacial lake and cavity below the ice shelf. A part of the WISSARD (Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access…

  • Satellites Give False Estimates of Multiyear Arctic Sea Ice Extent

    30.11.2009

    In 2008 and 2009, satellites that surveyed the Arctic sea ice extent provided data showing the multiyear sea ice extent recovering. However while sailing an icebreaker research vessel, the NGCC Amundsen, in the southern Beaufort Sea, University of Manitoba researcher Dr. David Barber found thin, "rotten" ice instead of thick…

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  • Preparing country food to share at the Tukisgiavarik drop-in centre.
  • The community centres are based on Inuit values, which put emphasis on taking care of others in their community. Inuit come to the centres not only to get food, but also to converse with other Inuit and feel a part of their culture.
  • Caribou in the Canadian Arctic, a traditional source of protien for the Inuit. Climate change is changing the natural distribution areas of animals and changing ice conditions, making it more and more difficult for hunters to get traditional country food.
  • With fewer and fewer hunters in the Candian Arctic and a transition to a mixed economy, many Inuit are increasingly becoming dependant on store-bought food.
  • Food that has to be shipped to the Arctic from elsewhere can be three times as expensive compared to Southern Canada. Traditional Inuit country foods sold in stores are often the most expensive products.

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