Recent Changes in the Shoreline near Point Barrow, Alaska
Contains a study of the shoreline, its erosion and factors causing it along a stretch of some 30 miles southwest and southeast of Point Barrow. The rapid changes in shoreline configuration, especially at "Nuwuk" the triangulation station at the tip of Point Barrow, and along the south shor...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66914 2023-05-15T14:19:21+02:00 Recent Changes in the Shoreline near Point Barrow, Alaska MacCarthy, Gerald R. 1953-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66914 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66914/50827 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66914 ARCTIC; Vol. 6 No. 1 (1953): March: 1–64; 44-51 1923-1245 0004-0843 Birds Traditional knowledge Inuit languages Nunamiut Eskimos Oral history Anaktuvuk Pass Alaska info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1953 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:42Z Contains a study of the shoreline, its erosion and factors causing it along a stretch of some 30 miles southwest and southeast of Point Barrow. The rapid changes in shoreline configuration, especially at "Nuwuk" the triangulation station at the tip of Point Barrow, and along the south shore of Elson Lagoon were found to be not the result of vigorous action of waves or currents, but due to the presence of ground ice along the shores, which when thawing during the brief summer is easily removed even by feeble sea action. Author's observations were made while at Arctic Research Laboratory at Barrow, engaged in a geothermal project. Bibliographical footnotes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Barrow eskimo* inuit Point Barrow Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic ARCTIC 6 1 |
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Contains a study of the shoreline, its erosion and factors causing it along a stretch of some 30 miles southwest and southeast of Point Barrow. The rapid changes in shoreline configuration, especially at "Nuwuk" the triangulation station at the tip of Point Barrow, and along the south shore of Elson Lagoon were found to be not the result of vigorous action of waves or currents, but due to the presence of ground ice along the shores, which when thawing during the brief summer is easily removed even by feeble sea action. Author's observations were made while at Arctic Research Laboratory at Barrow, engaged in a geothermal project. Bibliographical footnotes. |
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Recent Changes in the Shoreline near Point Barrow, Alaska |
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Recent Changes in the Shoreline near Point Barrow, Alaska |
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