NWT RESEARCH DATABASE

Principal Investigator: Koudys, Al
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: In the second year of a 4-5 year project, the researchers will continue to collect water depth and gravity measurements in the Dease Strait and Coronatio Gulf. Helicopters will land at pre-determined sites on the ice to collect the data. Another helicopter will collect similar data but using an airborne electromagnetic technique. The airborne technique involves towing a device (9 metres long) u...

Principal Investigator: Vosburgh, Jim A.
Licensed Year(s): 1993
Summary: A aerial survey of Icebreaker Channel and the surrounding waters will be conducted in order to collect measurements that will be useful in determining a safe shipping zone. A bathymetry will be used to take measurements of water depth. This device is mounted to an aircraft; this aircraft then flies over the areas of interest to collect water depth information. This type of data collection has b...

Principal Investigator: Lusk, Barry M.
Licensed Year(s): 1994 1993
Summary: Upon arrival in Dolphin and Union Strait, the surveyors will leave the mothership on smaller vessels in order to measure the depths of water in the Strait and determine the position of the shoreline and other geographical features. These measurements will be used to construct nautical charts or maps of the area. Similar activities will be conducted in the Coronation Gulf and Ice Breaker Channel ...

Principal Investigator: Cosens, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992
Summary: The research will test playback as a method of studying responses of beluga whales to underwater vessel noise....

Principal Investigator: Cosens, Susan
Licensed Year(s): 1993 1992 1991 1990
Summary: In Sachs Harbour, the researchers will continue to study whether underwater shipping noise interferes with beluga communication. They will record whale calls and measure their source decibel levels in relation to normal background noise and underwater vessel noise. ship noise....

Principal Investigator: Medendorp, John
Licensed Year(s): 1992 1991
Summary: The Researchers will collect water depth measurements through the ice find a safe shipping route for sea-lift and fuel supply ship into Pelly Bay....

Principal Investigator: Tucker, Nigel
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: To determine the attitudes of affected Northern interest groups regarding the Port Location issue and broader considerations of Ports Policy and Management for the Region....

Principal Investigator: Stirling, Ian
Licensed Year(s): 1985
Summary: 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....

Principal Investigator: Ward, John
Licensed Year(s): 1981
Summary: Aboard the ice-breaker "Kigoriak" experiments will be conducted on the levels and types of noise produced by the ship as it participates in the normal operational program. Very small explosives charges will be used (detonator caps) as part of the work....

Principal Investigator: Miller, Frank L.
Licensed Year(s): 1978
Summary: To study the possible impact of the proposed LNG tanker routes on inter-island movement of caribou and muskoxen....