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1. Baffin Bay narwhal population distribution and numbers: aerial surveys in the Canadian High Arctic, 2002-04

Author

Richard, P.R., Laake, J.L., Hobbs, R.C., Heide-Jorgensen, M.P., Asselin, N.C., and Cleator, H.

Subjects
Baffin Island -- Natural resources, Fish populations -- Surveys -- Methods, Fishery management -- Methods -- Surveys, Narwhal -- Surveys -- Methods, Earth sciences, Regional focus/area studies
Abstract

ABSTRACT. Aerial surveys of narwhals (Monodon monoceros) were conducted in the Canadian High Arctic during the month of August from 2002 to 2004. The surveys covered the waters of Barrow [...]

Published
2010

2. Medicinal plants used by the Inuit of Qikiqtaaluk (Baffin Island, Nunavut) (1)

Author

Black, Paleah L., Arnason, John T., and Cuerrier, Alain

Subjects
Baffin Island -- Natural resources, Medicinal plants -- Social aspects, Medicinal plants -- Natural history, Ethnobotany -- Research, Inuit -- Health aspects, Inuit -- Environmental aspects, Traditional knowledge -- Health aspects, Traditional knowledge -- Environmental aspects, Biological sciences
Abstract

Abstract: The traditional medicinal uses of plants by the Inuit of Nunavut, Canada were analysed using quantitative ethnobotanical methodology. Traditional knowledge was collected during interviews with volunteer Inuit informants and [...]

Published
2008

3. Origin, age, and paleoenvironmental significance of carbonate precipitates from a granitic environment, Akshayuk Pass, southern Baffin Island, Canada

Author

Lacelle, Denis, Lauriol, Bernard, and Clark, Ian D.

Subjects
Baffin Island -- Natural resources, Precipitation (Meteorology) -- Research, Earth -- Crust, Earth sciences, Research, Natural resources
Abstract

Abstract: This study documents the discovery of calcite crusts on the upper surface of clasts within morainic complexes in Akshayuk Pass, southern Cumberland Peninsula (Baffin Island), a region underlain by [...]

Published
2007

4. Minerals of the Nanisivik mine, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories

Author

Gait, Robert I., Robinson, George W., Bailey, Karen, and Dumka, Doug

Subjects
Baffin Island -- Natural resources, Mines and mineral resources -- Northwest Territories, Minerals -- Collections and collecting, Pyrites -- Collections and collecting, Earth sciences
Abstract

The Nanixivik mine of Baffin Island has been in operation for only 14 years. But in that time it has yielded fine specimens of pyrite which qualify the occurrence as among the world's best and most interesting for the species.

Published
1990

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