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The news items include: 1) an account by J.R. MacKay and W.H. Mathews of 17 days' work at the Firth River archaeological site investigating geomorphic and stratigraphic problems; 2) studies on the flora and vegetation of the taiga zone of northern Manitoba by J.C. Ritchie; 3) a field and labora...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1956
Subjects:
Animal behaviour
Animal population
Animal reproduction
Archaeology
Biological sampling
Coasts
Creep
Excavation
Formation
Frost heaving
Frozen ground
Geomorphology
Glaciology
Ground ice
Logistics
Mass wasting
Necropsy
Plant collections
Plant distribution
Plant-soil relationships
Plants (Biology)
Radiocarbon dating
Rock Ptarmigan
Soil profiles
Taiga ecology
Thickness
Trenching
Wildlife habitat
Willow Ptarmigan
Innissiaq Hill region
Yukon
Hudson Bay region
Manitoba
Eagle Summit region
Alaska
Torngat Mountains
Labrador/Québec
Firth River
Hudson
Hudson Bay
Innissiaq Hill
Mackay
Ritchie
Arctic
rock ptarmigan
taiga
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66844
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Summary:The news items include: 1) an account by J.R. MacKay and W.H. Mathews of 17 days' work at the Firth River archaeological site investigating geomorphic and stratigraphic problems; 2) studies on the flora and vegetation of the taiga zone of northern Manitoba by J.C. Ritchie; 3) a field and laboratory study of the ecology, life history and behaviour of ptarmigan near Eagle Summit, Alaska by Robert B. Weeden; and 4) a geomorphological and glaciological investigation in the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador by J.D. Ives.

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