Author: W. E. MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780660507262
Category : Arctic coast (Canada)
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Ice Atlas, Canadian Arctic Waterways
Author: W. E. MarkhamPublisher:
ISBN: 9780660507262
Category : Arctic coast (Canada)
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Ice Atlas, Canadian Arctic Waterways
Author: W. E. MarkhamSupplement a : Atlas Des Glaces : Voies D'eau de L'Arctique Canadien
Author: W. E. MarkhamSea Ice Climatic Atlas for the Northern Canadian Waters 1981-2010
Author: Canadian Ice ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada, Northern
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Sea-ice Atlas of Arctic Canada, 1975-1978
Author: Donald Gordon LindsayPublisher: Energy, Mines and Resources
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Presents 64 maps based on aerial surveys of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago between April and November from 1975 through 1978.
Canada's Cold Environments
Author: Hugh M. FrenchPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773509259
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Low temperatures, wind-chill, snow, sea ice, and permafrost have been primary characteristics of Canada's northern and alpine environments during the past two million years. The evolution of Canada's cultural landscapes, the processes of settlement of rural areas, and the present interaction of Canadian industrial society with its biophysical environment are all deeply influenced, directly or indirectly, by the frigidity of the greater part of the country. The phenomenon of global warming, if it occurs, will lessen this coldness, but its impact on temperature extremes, sea ice regimes, vegetation, snow distribution, permafrost, glaciers, lakes, rivers, and mountain hazards are all the subject of intensive research -- the highlights of which are reviewed in Canada's Cold Environments. Eleven of Canada's leading geographers, geologists, and ecologists provide an authoritative yet readable scientific statement about the physical nature of Canada's coldness. They focus on the distinctive attributes of Canada's cold environments, their temporal and spatial variability, and the constraints that coldness places on human activity. The book is aimed at environmental scientists at all levels who need informed overviews of the substantive findings on a range of cold-related topics.
Sea-ice Atlas of Arctic Canada, 1969-1974
Author: Donald Gordon LindsayPublisher: Energy, Mines and Resources
ISBN: 9780660015774
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Sea-ice-atlas of Arctic Canada
Author: D. G. LindsaySea-ice Atlas of Arctic Canada 1969 - 1971
Author: D. G. LindsayCanadian Inland Seas
Author: I.P. MartiniPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0080870821
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
The various chapters of this book have been written by researchers who are still working in the Canadian Inland Seas region. The chapters synthesize what is known about these seas, yet much still is to be learnt. It is hoped that this collection of information will serve as a springboard for future, much needed, studies in this fascinating, diverse region, and will stimulate comparative analyses with other subarctic and arctic basins of the world. The Canadian Inland Seas are the only remnants, albeit cold, of the ancient cratonic marine basins which occupied central North America throughout the Paleozoic and part of the Mesozoic. Precambrian rocks and gently dipping Paleozoic sedimentary rocks underlie the seas. The area is also close to the centers of Pleistocene glaciations. The coastal areas represent an emerged landscape of the post-glacial Tyrrell sea, as the region has been isostatically uplifted to about 350 meters since glacial times. A total of 56 fish species inhabit Hudson Bay and James Bay. Seals, whales and one of the largest and southernmost populations of polar bears inhabit the seas as well. The coastal areas are important habitats for migratory bird populations, some of which migrate from as far away as Southern Argentina.The ostic environment has preserved these regions relatively unchanged by man, with only a major harbour at Churchill, Manitoba, which is active for part of the year, and a second large, rail-terminal settlement in the south at Moosonee, Ontario. A few, small, native Indian and Inuit villages dot the coasts. The seas are being affected indirectly by the damming of rivers for the generation of hydroelectric power, and by drainage diversions towards the man-made reservoirs. A major project is being completed in Quebec east of James Bay, but other rivers in Ontario and Manitoba have been dammed as well. Undoubtedly freshwater is one of the more important resources of the area, however its exploitation needs careful thought because of the possible long-range effects on the environment, particularly the coastal marshes, which sustain much of the eastern American intercontinental migratory avifauna. Other resources occur in the regions, primarily minerals and perhaps petroleum. For the most part however, such resources remain to be discovered.