Licence #5019

Regions: Inuvialuit Settlement Region, Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

Tags: biology, sea ice, polar bear, species distribution, seals, polynyas, shipping route

Principal Investigator: Stirling, Ian (9)
Licence Number: 5019
Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Issued: Jan 01, 1985
Project Team: D. Andriashek; W. Calvert; M. Cattet; I. Cote; A. Derocher; M. Ramsay; C. Spencer

Objective(s): Use sub-ice recording to study distribution of overwintering populations of seals in relation to plynyas, sea ice conditions, patterns of freeze-up, distribution of ringed seal pupping areas, distribution of polar bears and proposed winter shipping lanes.