Progress of Research in Zoology through the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory

Traces the course of zoological, and related anthropological, physiological and health research by various explorers and scientists at Barrow, beginning with the First International Polar Year, 1881-83. The aid of Eskimo knowledge is cited. Bird and human migration through the Brooks Range and on th...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Irving, Laurence
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1969
Subjects:
Adaptation (Biology)
Animal migration
Health
Human migration
Traditional knowledge
Research
Zoology
Alaska
Arctic
Barrow
Brooks Range
eskimo*
International Polar Year
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66275
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Summary:Traces the course of zoological, and related anthropological, physiological and health research by various explorers and scientists at Barrow, beginning with the First International Polar Year, 1881-83. The aid of Eskimo knowledge is cited. Bird and human migration through the Brooks Range and on the arctic slope, marine life, and facets of Eskimo adaptation have been studied. The contribution of the NARL to the background for the rapid social and economic development in arctic Alaska is stressed.

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