A Unique International Polar Year Contribution: Lucien Turner, Capelin, and Climatic Change

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Dunbar, M.J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Capelin; Climate change; Climatology; History; International Polar Year 1882-83; Ocean temperature; Research; Ungava; Baie d'; Québec; Koksoak; Rivière; Kuujjuaq region; Ungava Bay; Kuujjuaq; Koksoak River; Arctic; Baie d'Ungava; International Polar Year; IPY; North Atlantic; Subarctic; subarctique*
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65316

Lucien McShann Turner (1847-1909), one of the most able field naturalists in North America in his day, spent two years (1882-84) at Fort Chimo, Quebec, as meteorological observer for the U.S. Army Signal Service during the first International Polar Year. Among his many activities over and above his...