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 1951
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Biographies; Birds; Botany; Caucasians; Dogs; Expeditions; Fisheries; Furbearing animals; Geological exploration; Health; Hydrography; Indians; Inuit; M'Clintock; Sir Francis Leopold; 1819-1907; Oceanography; Plant-soil relationships; Plants (Biology); Rabies; Research; Roots; Soil profiles; Testing; Tuberculosis; Uranium; X-rays; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Amundsen Gulf; N.W.T; Alaska; Canadian Arctic; Moosonee; Ontario; Attawapiskat; Moose Factory; Waskaganish; Québec; Eastmain; Vieux-Comptoir; Chisasibi; Belcher Islands; Nunavut; Inukjuak; Puvirnituq; Guillaume-Delisle; Lac; region; Kuujjuarapik; Whapmagoostui; Fort Albany; Arctic; Belcher; Guillaume; Beaufort Sea; inuit; Moose
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66990

The news items include: 1) information on a hydrographic and oceanographic expedition to the Beaufort Sea; 2) a report by Herbert Hanson on his research in western Alaska, undertaken during the summers of 1949 and 1950, concerning the relationships of plant communities to the physical environment; 3) details of "arctic dog disease" and precautions to follow when shipping dog samples south for diagnosis; 4) notes on uranium prospecting in Alaska; 5) notification that copies of microfilms of journals relating to expeditions led by Sir F.L. M'Clintock were received by the Northern Administration Branch of the Canadian Dept. of Resources and Development; 6) results of an tuberculosis survey of the native peoples living in the area to be served by the new hospital in Moose Factory.