Joint Services Expedition to Borup Fiord, Ellesmere Island
Regions: Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut
Tags: physical sciences, biology, wildlife, volcanic rocks, archaeology, weather, arctic char, food chain, entomology
| Principal Investigator: | Hankinson, Flt. LT. K.W. (2) |
| Licence Number: | 8017 |
| Organization: | Joint Services Expedition to Borup Fiord, Ellesmere Island |
| Licensed Year(s): |
1991
1988
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| Issued: | Jan 01, 1988 |
| Project Team: | J. Knights; R. Burton; W. Bracken; I. Meiklejohn; H. Parker; S. Pennington; Dr. R. Smith; Dr. P. Whitfield; S. Young; J. Brade |
Objective(s): to classify breeding and feeding habitats of snow buntings, wading birds and Arctic hares; use pitfall traps to collect insects; study growth, reproduction and diet of Arctic char; collect bryophytes; map igneous rocks of Esayoo formation; record and map any archaeological sites; record weather observations; collect animal and plant material for carbon isotope ratio analysis and assessment of food chain dynamics
