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Assessing Microplastics and Microfibers in Ringed Seal Stomachs from the Amun...
Plastic pollution has been identified as a contaminant of emerging concern by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) globally, and specifically of concern to Arctic... -
Monitoring of Contaminants in Ringed Seals from the Canadian Arctic
Ringed seals (Pusa hispida) samples are collected in the context of a community-based monitoring program, in the communities of Arviat, Resolute, Sachs Harbour, and Nain (for... -
School workshops on ringed seals and contaminants in Inuit Nunangat: bridging...
Workshops employed a combination short interactive presentations, laboratory activities, group discussions, storytelling, games, and art activities to teach participants core... -
Polar Bears in the Deep Offshore Regions of the Beaufort Sea: A Preliminary S...
The aerial survey of polar bears in the offshore region of the Beaufort Sea was conducted between March 21 and March 30, 2012. A total of 7 776 km were flown on transect with 4... -
Distribution and Thickness of Different Sea Ice Types and Extreme Ice Feature...
This project, led by York University, will use airborne electromagnetic (EM) surveys and drift beacons to perform large-scale airborne ice thickness surveys to quantify the... -
Hazardous Waste Risk Assessment Pilot Project Beaufort Delta/High Arctic Comm...
Through this project, municipal hazardous waste in eight NWT communities (Tuktoyaktuk, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Ulukhaktok, Inuvik, Alavik, Fort Mcpherson, Tsiigehtchic) were... -
Sea ice thickness in Southern Beaufort Sea
A >800 km long ice thickness survey was performed over both first-year and multiyear ice east of Banks Island. Data were obtained by means of airborne electromagnetic (EM)... -
Understanding the Impacts of Environmental Change on Arctic Char in the Inuvi...
This research uses an Interdisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach: This approach uses separate qualitative and quantitative methods and concurrent triangulation as a means to... -
Coastal marine habitat surveys on southwestern Banks Island, Northwest Territ...
Data consist of 90 grab samples and 49 bottom video transects from various sampling sites along 40 km of coastline near Sachs Harbour. Most sampling sites were arranged along... -
Community perspectives on communicating contaminants research
Semi-directive interviews were conducted with participants to explore local knowledge and perceptions of contaminants, and impressions of research communication. Semi-structured... -
Climate Variability and Change (CVC) Effects on Char in the Arctic - Sachs Ha...
This study will be delivered through a combinatin of a masters-level graduate student - J. Knopp, Trent (Supervisor C. Furgal), direct community involvement through the Sachs... -
Sediment cores from shallow marine coastal basins, Sachs Harbour, Banks Islan...
The inundation basin approach to sea level reconstruction relies on the accurate determination of the former height of the basin sill over which the marine water flooded. The...