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 live-capture; Anthropology; Artifacts; Biological sampling; Bird nesting; Birds; Botany; Chert; Community development; Dendrochronology; Ducks; Economic conditions; Geese; Geology; Identification; Insects; Inuit; Inuit archaeology; Inuit languages; Maps; Measurement; Middens (Archaeology); Palaeontology; Physical geography; Plant taxonomy; Plants (Biology); Research; Research funding; Standard of living; Stratigraphy; Norton Sound region; Alaska; Aleutian Islands; Brooks Range; North Slope Borough; Newfoundland; Perry River region; Nunavut; Ellice River region; Armshow River region; MacAlpine Lake; Dundas Harbour region; Juneau; Fairbanks; Anchorage; Fort Yukon; Arctic; Armshow River; Dundas; Dundas Harbour; Ellice River; Giddings; Norton Sound; Perry River; Tuomikoski; Yukon; inuit; north slope
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67009

The following [eight] reports describe some of the work carried out with the assistance of Arctic Institute grants during the field season of 1949. [Two anthropological research reports are included: "Application of tree-ring chronology to archaeology in Alaska" by J.L. Giddings and "Anthropological investigations in Aleutian Islands" by W.S. Laughlin, G. Marsh, and F.A. Milan. The four biological research project reports are: "Botanical investigations of parts of the Brooks Range and the Arctic Slope of Alaska" by L.A. Spetzman; "Entomological investigations in northern Alaska" by Neal Weber; "Entomological and botanical investigation in Newfoundland" by H. Krogerus, C.H. Lindroth, E. Palmén, and R. Tuomikoski; and "Ornithological and geographical investigations in the Perry River region" by H. Hanson, P. Queneau, P Scott, and J. Bell. The geological research report is "Study of the stratigraphy of the Dundas Harbour region" by D.B. Wales and V.E. Kurtz. The final research report is "Economic studies in Alaska" by D.B. Shimkin.]