Water and ice-related phenomena in the coastal region of the Beaufort Sea: Some parallels between native experience and western science. Arctic 61

• Main Authors: Eddy Carmack, Robie Macdonald
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Mackenzie River; Tuktoyaktuk; Midwinter; Beaufort Shelf; Beaufort Sea; eskimo*; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.5025; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic61-3-265.pdf

ABSTRACT. Information gained through Native experience is combined here with scientific measurements to describe aspects of the wintertime oceanography of the Eskimo Lakes and Mackenzie River delta regions of the Canadian Beaufort Sea. The experiences of Jimmy Jacobson, a Tuktoyaktuk elder who lived...