Arctic Institute Research Reports

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1950
• Subjects: Animal physiology; Artifacts; Beothuk Indians; Birds; Blood; Cold adaptation; Crabs; Echinoderms; Flow; Human physiology; Inuit archaeology; Creep; Dorset culture; Fishes; Grasses; Ground squirrels; Lichens; Lipids; Plant-soil relationships; Plant cover; Plant distribution; Plant succession; Research; Research funding; Roots; Seals (Animals); Sedges; Shrubs; Soil pH; Soil profiles; Temperature; Newfoundland; Labrador; Alaska; North Slope Borough; Barrow; Point; region; Southampton Island; Nunavut; Wainwright; Anaktuvuk Pass; Arctic; Alaska North Slope; Beothuk; eskimo*; inuit; north slope
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67003

The following [five] reports describe some of the work carried out with the assistance of Arctic Institute grants during the field season of 1949. [A archaeological research report titled "Archaeological reconnaissance in Southern Labrador and Northern Newfoundland" by E. Harp is followed by 4 reports on biological research projects: "Study of vegetation types in Alaska in relation to soil profiles and solifluction" by Herbert Hanson; "Study of the cryptograms of the Arctic Slope of Alaska" by George Lano; "The role of lipids in the adaptation of animals to various climates" by Xavier Musacchia; and "Study of peripheral circulation in the Eskimo" by Malcolm Brown, J.D. Hatcher, and J. Page.]