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Régions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut

étiquettes: physical sciences, biology, archaeology, taxonomy, mapping, whale, bowhead whales, bones

Objectif(s): To measure early Holocene bowhead whale bones; to map and sample beluga whale bones from late nineteenth century mass beluga whale kills.

Description du projet: The researcher and his team will take a series of measurements on crania and mandibles of naturally stranded early Holocene bowhead whales. This will enable the original length of individual bowheads at death to be determined. These data will have immediate applications in the fields of environmental change and Thule archaeology.