Alf Erling Porsild (1901-1977)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Raup, Hugh M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1978
• Subjects: Biology; Scientists; Research; Porsild; Alf Erling; 1901-1977; Biographies; Grazing; Reindeer; Reindeer husbandry; Animal food; North American Arctic; Greenland; Alaska; Great Bear Lake region; N.W.T; Reindeer Station; Mackenzie River region; Coppermine River region; N.W.T./Nunavut; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Nunavut; Northwest Territories; Baffin Island; Mackenzie River; Canada; Mackenzie Delta; Great Bear Lake; Alf; Arctic Institute of North America; Baffin; Coppermine River; eskimo*; greenlandic; Mackenzie river; reindeer husbandry; The Arctic Institute; Lapland
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65693

Alf Erling Posild was well known and highly respected among biologists in both America and Europe. His research was meticulous, and rested solidly upon a clear understanding of the materials he worked with and of the theoretical concepts within which he operated. Born in Copenhagen, he spent much of...