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 1950
• Subjects: Animal diseases; Archaeology; Artifacts; Atmospheric temperature; Caribou; Dogs; Expeditions; Food; Foxes; History; Human physiology; Hunting; Innu; Inuit; Ptarmigan; Ross; John; 1777-1856; Seals (Animals); Snow; Surveying; Survival; Testing; Alaska; Labrador; Northern; Nain region; King William Island; Nunavut; Boothia Peninsula; Nunavik; Québec; N.W.T; Mackenzie Highway; Alberta/N.W.T; Alaska Highway; British Columbia; Yukon; Foxe Basin region; Arctic; Canada; Foxe Basin; Nain; William Island; caribou; inuit; Subarctic
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67010

The news items include: 1) a report by K. Rodahl on a field test in Alaska to establish proper survival rations; 2) Labrador winter notes for 1950 by J.E. Frazer which include information on winter weather, dog deaths from an unknown disease thought to have been contracted through foxes, and the availablility of seals, caribou, ptarmigan (partridge), and foxes; 3) recent findings from archaeological reconnaissance work on King William Island and Boothia Peninsula by L.A. Learmouth concerning the 1829-33 expedition of Sir John Ross; and 4) and update on geodetic survey work carried out during the summer of 1949 which resulted in 136 new points providing control for 40,000 mi² of Arctic and Subarctic territory in Canada (reprinted from the Arctic Circular, vol. 3, no. 2, 1950, p. 18-20).