Polynyas and Ice Edge Habitats in Cultural Context: Archaeological Perspectives from Southeast Baffin Island

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Henshaw, Anne
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: historic Inuit; paleoclimate; zooarchaeology; sea ice; polynyas; Baffin Island; incremental analysis; Phoca hispida; seasonality; age determination; Inuit historique; paléoclimat; zooarchéologie; glace marine; polynies; île de Baffin; analyse différentielle; caractère saisonnier; mesure des temps; Fond-de-la-Baie; Frobisher Bay; Île de Baffin; Le Fond; Arctic; Baffin; inuit; inuits; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63656

A combination of paleoclimatic proxies, zooarchaeological data from historic Inuit habitation sites, and Geographic Information System (GIS) studies of modern sea-ice extremes were used to track the changing size and shape in modern times of a polynya situated in outer Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island....