Principal Investigator:Hoffman, Paul Licensed Year(s):
2001
Summary:
The research team will be based out of Norman Wells, and establish a series of fly camps in the research area between 1 July and 10 August. Travel to fly camps will be by helicopter; travel in the field will be on foot. Fly camps will be low impact, and will be occupied for less than 14 days. All human waste will be buried, and all non-burnable garbage will be packed out. Stratigraphic sections...
Principal Investigator:Miller, Gifford H. Licensed Year(s):1994
1993
1991199019891987 Summary:
The arctic has an effect on the climate experienced in the rest of the world. We are attempting to understand how climate and the growth (movements) of glaciers influence each other, both in the present and during the last 20,000 years. We will be taking samples of sediments from the bottoms of lakes as these sediments contain information about changes in climate....