June Issue of the Journal "ARCTIC"
Volume 59, Number 2
Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA)
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The following papers appear in the June 2006 issue of
ARCTIC, Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America (AINA).
"Canadian Sovereignty: Climate Change and Politics in the Arctic"
(Commentary)
By: S. Jeff Birchall
"Regional Assessment of GCM-Simulated Current Climate over Northern
Canada"
By: Barrie R. Bonsal and Terry D. Prowse
"The Potential for Using Little Diomede Island as a Platform for
Observing Environmental Conditions in Bering Strait"
By: Lee W. Cooper, Louis A. Codispoti, Vincent Kelly, Gay G. Sheffield,
and Jacqueline M. Grebmeier
"An Aboriginal Perspective on the Remediation of Mid-Canada Radar Line
Sites in the Subarctic: A Partnership Evaluation"
By: Brandy Sistili, Mike Metatawabin, Guy Iannucci, and Leonard J. S.
Tsuji
"Human Health Implications of Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids in Blubber
of the Bowhead Whale (Balaena mysticetus)"
By: John E. Reynolds, III, Dana L. Wetzel, and Todd M. O'Hara
"Status, Trends and Attendance Patterns of the Northern Fulmar Fulmarus
glacialis in Nunavut, Canada"
By: Anthony J. Gaston, Mark L. Mallory, H. Grant Gilchrist, and Kieran
O'Donovan
"Dynamic Responses of Calving Caribou to Oilfields in Northern Alaska"
By: Shawn P. Haskell, Ryan M. Nielson, Warren B. Ballard, Matthew A.
Cronin, and Trent L. McDonald
"Biogeographical Evidence for the Grass (Poaceae) Species of Pleistocene
Beringian Lowlands"
By: David K. Swanson
"Vegetation Correlates of the History and Density of Nesting by Ross's
Geese and Lesser Snow Geese at Karrak Lake, Nunavut"
By: Ray T. Alisauskas, Jason W. Charlwood, and Dana K. Kellett
"Lightning and Fires in the Northwest Territories and Responses to
Future Climate Change"
By: B. Kochtubajda, M. D. Flannigan, J. R. Gyakum, R. E. Stewart, K. A.
Logan, and T. -V. Nguyen
The issue also contains an obituary of John Powell (1933-2005), by Jim
Lotz, six reviews of northern-related books, and two letters to the
editor. The June 2006 InfoNorth essay, prepared by GSC research
scientist Christopher Harrison is on "Industry Perspectives on Barriers,
Hurdles, and Irritants Preventing Development of Frontier Energy in
Canada's Arctic Islands."
For information on becoming an AINA member and receiving the journal,
please visit the Institute's new website at:
http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/