... D. C. Emlen, S. T. (1975). Migration: orientation and navigation. In: Avian Biology, Vol. 5 Farner, D.S. and King, J.R. (eds.), New York, Academic Press 129-219. Emlen, S. T. and Emlen, J. T. (1966). A technique for recording ...
... goes on at heights of several hundreds and thousands of metres, out-of-range even for binoculars, we used a tracking radar that was located on the ship. Two persons manned the radar at all times when the ship was still, mainly when the ...
... temporal order: Ungava Peninsula, Melville Peninsula, Somerset Island, Bathurst Island South, Bathurst Island North, King William Island, Wollaston Peninsula, Amundsen Gulf South, Banks Island South, Ivvavik National Park (close to the ...
... for many terrestrial organisms, such as birds and mammals, which are attracted to water bodies for breeding and drinking. The majority of Arctic freshwater systems are shallow ponds and the fauna is generally dominated by enormous amounts of ...
... work At each of the 17 main sites at least one lake was sampled. Often additional lakes and ponds within walking distance were also sampled. Apart from basic lake descriptions and measurement, our field-work consisted mainly of ...
... Understanding the mechanisms involves in this contamination of a remote environment is a major scientific undertaking and has led to several international research programmes, the most notable of which is the Arctic Monitoring and ...
... samples are being transported from the ship to the laboratory. The sampling was extremely successful and we are looking forward to starting on the analysing processes. Dates June–September 1999 Participants Principal investigator Mats ...
... not been extensively tested in the Arctic. Hence, a second objective of this project is to test the hypothesis linking biodiversity and NPP using the data collected a cross the Canadian Arctic Archipelago on Tundra Northwest 1999. Methods ...
... and fabled as the legendary Northwest Passage since the idea took root at the end of the 15th century. The English King Henry VII sent the first expeditions to find this dreamt of northern sea route to the spice lands of the Orient soon ...
... was led by the polar veteran Otto Sverdrup and claimed large areas of land for Norway and for Oscar II, the then King of Sweden and Norway. The next site of cultural interest to be visited by the Tundra Northwest 1999 expedition was ...
... primarily been the Antarctic Peninsula where most of the Antarctic tourism is located. The pilot study used GPS-tracking, Action cam recording, eye-scan and surveys before, during and after the polar experience, to monitor the behaviour of ...
... phase of the solar cycle will be observed (previously minimum and increasing phases were covered). Writing a packing lists. Photo: Daria Mikhaylova At Troll we dismantled and packed 60 antennas with associated cabling and support ...
... Hormes We visited Kongsøya, a remote and seldom visited island with the highest isostatic rebound in Svalbard, making it a key-site for ice sheet configuration reconstructions. Moreover, on this remote island, several thousand years old ...
... Research, United States Navy Faculty of Science, Stockholm University National Environment Research Council, United Kingdom Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado US National Oceanographic and ...
Carl Hoiland looking for sandy intervals within the Apoon volcanics on Amawk Mountain. View is to the west. Mount Doonerak is the high peak ...
... matter at section D (figure 1d-f). But this signal weakens when moving away from the shelf. Sören Gutekunst is taking water samples to measure CFC and SF_6 and (chlorofluorocarbons and sulfur). Photo: Leif Anderson Knut and Alice ...
... map of Leg 2 cruise track starting August 21 from Barrow, Alaska. The cruise ended in Tromsö, Norway, October 4. Working Boxes 1-5 are outlined with blue boxes. Red lines=Seismic reflection profiles; purple lines=Electromagnetic profiles; ...
... due to the presence of icebergs and multi-year ice that drift at high speed. OATRC 2013 expedition route. Upward-looking sonars were used to gather data on ice thickness and ice drift speeds. We also used electromagnetic antennas and a ...
... change debate. On one hand, companies want to benefit from the opening of the Arctic to shipping and extraction, making Svalbard a hub servicing these activities. On the other hand, actors express a desire to protect the environment by ...
... and on site visits to research stations where scientific fieldwork could be observed. Sound recording, note taking, and photography were the primary documentation and data gathering techniques. The preliminary results indicate that ...
