ARCTIC Bases for Field Research in Arctic and Subarctic Canada

• Main Author: W. Peter Adams
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1987
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Heiberg; Levy; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Subarctic; Territoires du Nord-Ouest
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.584.3961; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic41-1-64.pdf

ABSTRACT. There are more than 50 field stations in northern Canada. These are operated by governments, universities and private agencies. Although many have a particular disciplinary bias, such as marine science, meteorology, native studies, archaeology, limnology, glaciology or biology, most are available to all researchers as a base of operations. Approximately half of the stations are in the Northwest Territories, the remainder in the Yukon and northern parts of the provinces. A table is provided indicating seasonal availability, particular research emphases, level of services provided, accommodation available and ownership. There is no user charge at some stations; most levy a daily fee. The highest cost in 1987 was just over $200 (food and accommodation) per day for the station on the Ice Island, then located northwest of Axel Heiberg. The paper also contains mention of 25 circumpolar stations outside Canada and a bibliography. Key words: field stations, Arctic, Subarctic, Canada, circumpolar North &SUME. I1 existe plus de 50 stations de recherche dans le Grand Nord canadien. Elles sont gkrkes par des gouvernements, des universitks et des organismes privbs. Si beaucoup de ces stations sont orientbes vers une discipline particulilrre comme les sciences marines, la m&korologie, les ktudes des populations autochtones, I’archbologie, la limnologie, la glaciologie ou la biologie, la plupart d’entre elles sont ouvertes B tous les chercheurs comme bases d’op6rations. Environ la moitik de ces stations sont situkes dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, le reste se trouvant au Yukon et dans les rkgions nordiques des provinces. On indique dans un tableau la disponibilitk saisonnitre, les domaines de recherches principaux, le genre de services et d’hkbergement offerts, ainsi que I’organisme B qui appartient la station. I1 n’y a pas de frais d’utilisation pour certaines stations, mais la plupart prkllrvent