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The items include: 1) a brief history of the Danish Arctic Station at Godhavn, which is the oldest permanent biological laboratory in the Arctic, and information on how to apply to use the station by M. Westergaard; 2) details on the design and construction of a new Danish Arctic ship, the M.V. Magg...

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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 1955
Subjects:
Archaeology
Alpine tundra ecology
Design and construction
History
Human migration
Icebreakers
Research
Research stations
Size
Ship propulsion systems
Ship steering systems
Tundra ecology
Qeqertarsuaq region
Greenland
Greenland waters
Kamchatka
Poluostrov
Russian Federation
Alaska
Arctic
Chard
Lansing
Magga
Qeqertarsuaq
Godhavn
Tundra
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66855
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Summary:The items include: 1) a brief history of the Danish Arctic Station at Godhavn, which is the oldest permanent biological laboratory in the Arctic, and information on how to apply to use the station by M. Westergaard; 2) details on the design and construction of a new Danish Arctic ship, the M.V. Magga Dan; 3) William S. Laughlin's report on a study by C.S. Chard concerning the Kamchadal culture and its relationship to the Asiatic and New World populations; and 4) a list of the main speakers and the titles of their talks that will be presented at the Symposium on Arctic and Alpine Tundras in East Lansing, Michigan.

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