Northern News

• 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

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.