Volume 14, 1961
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I ARCTIC CIRCULAR " CONTENTS VOLUME XIV, 1961 NO.1 Meeting of the Arctic Circle 1 On the abundance and distribution of certain mammals in the Western Canadian Arctic Islands in 1958-9 1 Radio in the north 18 Department of Transport icebreakers and ice-strengthen ed ships 19 "A grammar of the east and west coasts of Hudson Bay" 22 Correspondence 23 Change of Address 26 Editorial Note 26 NO.2 Meetings of the A rctic Circle 27 Work of the Division of Building Research in northern Canada 28 Field activities of the Geological Survey of Canada in the north in 1960 35 Anthropological field work among the Arviligjuarmiut of Pelly Bay, N. W. T. 40 Colour banding of snowy owls 42 Change of Address 43 Editorial Note 43 NO.3 Annual Dinner 44 • Meetings of the Arctic Circle 44 Annual General Meeting 44 Officers and Committee 45 Epidemiologica1 investigation of B ruc e llosis in the Canadian Arctic 46 The Cambridge Arctic Canada Expedition. 1961 to Cumberland Peninsula. Baffin Is land 49 Geographical survey of the lower Mackenzie and Arctic Red River a rea, 1960 52 • Proposed new northern territories 58 Visit of Their Excellencies the Governor-General and I Madame Vanier to northern Canada 59 Sighting of whales 60 Subscriptions for 1962 61 Change of Address 61 Editorial Note 61 NO.4 ,/ Meetings of the Arctic Circle 62 Field activities of the Geological Survey of Canada in the Arctic, 196 1 62 The Northern Insect Survey. 1957-61 68 The insects of the Lake Hazen area, Ellesmere Island, 1961 69 Preliminary report on the insects of the Isachsen area, Ellef Ringnes Island, 1960 7\ A case of osteological thievery 73 Archaeological discoveries in the Chukotsk Peninsula 74 The biology and hunting of white whales 75 Editorial Note 75 ! INDEX TO VOLUME XIV, 1961 A A case of osteological thievery, 73 A grammar of the east and west coasts of Hudson Bay, ZZ aircraft, Z, 3,16, Z4, 36, 37, 38, 39.50,56,63,64,65,66 Aklavik, Z9, 30, 5Z, 54 Amund Ringnes Island, 15, 66 Anthropological field work among the Arviligjuarmiut of Pelly Bay, N.W.T •• by Asen Balikci, 40 Archaeological discoveries in the Chutotsk Peninsula, 74 Arctic Circle, The, annual dinner, 44; annual general meeting. 44-5; correspondence I 23. 25; n{ficers and committee members, 45; regular meetings, 1, Z7, 44, 45, 46, 6Z Arctic Institute of North America. Z7, 49 Arctic Red River, survey of, 52-8 Arctic SummerS - with plant photographers in the North American Arctic, talk by Raymond D. Wood, 45 Army Survey Establishment, 2 Arviligjuarmiut, anthropological field work among, 40 Axel Heiberg Island, 63, 66, 72 Ayers, L.D., 37, 38 B Baffin Island, 3,1:, Z7, 39, 49, 62, 65, 66 Baillie Island, 11 Balikci, Asen, Anthropological field work among the Arviligjuarmiut of Pe llY Bay, N. W • T. , 40 Banding, colour, of snowy owls. 42 Ban ks Is land, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 9, 10, 11, 12. 13, 14, 58 Bathurst Inlet, Bruce1l0sis at, 46, 47 Bathurst Island, 4, 16 bears, polar, 2, 7 biology and hunting of white whales, 75 Blackadar, R.G., 39,40,65,66; on Field activities of the Geological Survey of Canada in the north in 1960, 35; in 1961. 62 Borden Island, 5, 8, 9,10,12, 15,72 Brock Island, 5,8,9,10,12,15 Brucellosis, 46-9 building, northern, 23-35 C Cambridge Arctic Canada Expedition, 1961 to Cumberland Peninsula. Baffin Island, 49-52 Cambridge Bay, Brucellosis at, 46. 47 Canadian Wildlife Service, 1, 3. 25 caribou, 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10- 13, 24, 39, 41, 49 Caribou, Caribou Eskimo. and other Eskimo. talk by A .H. Macpherson, 62 "Caribou tagging", film at Annual General Meeting, 45 Christie, R.L •• Z. 37. 38.39,64.65 76 Chukotsk Peninsula, and archaeological discoveries, 74 / Collett, L.S. , 67 Colour banding of snowy owls, 42 continental shelf, geology of, 66 Coppermine River, 68 Cornwall Is Idnd, 66 Cumberland Peninsula, Cambridge expedition to, 49-52 D Dease and Simpson cairn at Cape Britannia, 36 Defence Research Board, 68, 71 Depa rtment of Agriculture, 68 Department of Northern Affairs, 22 Department of Transport icebreakers and ice-strengthened ships. 19, 20, 21 Dickens, H. Brian. on Work of the Division of Building Research in northern Canada, 28 Division of Building Research of the National Research Council, 28 - 35 Division of Oceanographic Research, 63, 67 Downes, J .A., talk on Northern insects. 62 Dunbar, Moira, talk on Ice and other observations from C.M.S. JohnA. MacDonald, 1961,44 E Ecology and society on the Belcher Is lands. talk by Milton Freeman, 1 Eglinton Island, 8, 9, 10, 15 Ellef Ringnes Island, 15, 66, 67, 71, 72 Ellesmere Island, 38, 39, 63, 64, 69 Emerald Island, 8, 9,10,12,15 Epidemiological investigations of Brucellosis in the Canadian Arctic. 46 Es kimo, grammar, 22-3; language programme, 18 Es kimo-language radio programme, 18 Es kimos, anthropology of, 40-2; Brucellosis, 46, 48; burials, 73, 74; and mus koxen, 14 F Field activities of the Geological Survey of Canada in the north in 1960. 35; in 1961, 62 films, 27, 45 foxes, arctic, 2, 6, 7,10,73 Freeman, Milton, talk on Ecology and society on the Belcher Islands, 1 Fyles, J.G., 2, 63 G Geographical Branch, 52 Geographical survey of the lower Mackenzie and Arctic Red River area, 1960, 52-8 Geological Survey of Canada, 2, 35. 62 George Henry, 25, 26 glaciation, 54-8, 63, 66 Goulding Smith, F.C. , letter to the Editor, 25-6 Governor-General and Madame Vanier, visit to northern Canada, 59-60 grammar, A, of the east and west coasts of Hudson Bay. 22 Great Slave Lake, 19, 52 Greenland, 5. 38. 65 11 H r Haimila, N.E., 64, 6:'· hares. arctic, 2 I 5, 8, 9 Harwood, T.A., talk on North pole stations and a visit to North Pole 7. 44 Hay River. 52 Henoch, W.E.S. , on Geographical survey of the lower Mackenzie and Arctic Red River area. 1960, 52 Herschel Island , II "High Arctic", a film at Annual General Meeting, 45 Hood. P.S. , 67 Ho rn, D. R. , 66 housing, northern, 34, 35 Hudson Bay, grammar of east and west coasts, 22-3, 63. 67 I Ice and other observations from C.M.S. John A. MacDonald, 1961, talk by Moira Dunbar, 44 icebreakers and ice-strengthened ships, 19-21, 40, 51, 65 insects, Isachsenarea, 71-2; Lake Hazen area, 69-71; Northern Insect Survey, 68-9 insects of the Lake Hazen area, Ellesmere Island, 1961, The, 69-71 Inuvik, 19, 30, 31, 33, 54, 60 Isachsen, insects. 71-2 J Jenik, A.J., 65, 66 K Kelsey dyke studies, 31, 32 Kerr, J. W ., 63, 65 Kretz, R. , 67 L Lake Hazen, 69 - 71 Langford, R.E., on Cambridge Arctic Canada Expedition, 1961 to Cumberland Peninsula, Baffin Island, 49 lemmings ,6, 7, 42; osteological theiving by, 73, 74 Leslie, R.J .. 67 letters to the Editor, 23-6 Lougheed Island, 13, 15 M MacDonaId, S.D. , talk on Wildlife of the Queen Elizabeth Is lands, 27 Mackay, J. Ross, talk on Pingos and other geomorphological features of the Mackenzie delta area, 46 Mackenzie King Island, 5, 8, 9, 12, 15 Mackenzie River, 52, 54; delta, 33; permafrost, 29; relief, 54; survey of lower, 52-8 Mackenzie, proposed Territory, 58-9 Macpherson, A.H., On the abundance and distribution of certain mammals in the Western Canadian Arctic Islands in 1958-9, 1-17; talk on Caribou, Caribou Eskimo, and other Eskimo, 62 18 mammals, abundance and distribution in Western Arctic, 1-17 maps reproduced: location of human Brucellosis cases, 47; lower Mackenzie River, 53; Western Arctic, 4 McAlpine, J.F •• Preliminary report on the insects of the Isachsen area, Ellef Ringnes Island. 19(,0, 71-2 McGlynn, J .C •• 67 McNair, A.H., 13,16 Meighen Island, 15,63,66,72 Melville Island, 5, 6. 7.8,9,13,15 Merbs. Charles F. , on A case of osteological thievery. 73 minerals, 65. 67; discovery of radium. 28; magnetite. 66; nickel mining, 31 muskox. 2,3,8.9.13-16,24,41 Muskox Complex, 68 N National Museum of Canada. 40 Norman Wells. 28. 29. 33, 60 No rth Pole stations and a visit to North Pole 7, talk by T.A. Harwood at Annual Dinner 1961, 44 Northern Insect Survey, 1957-61, The, 68-9 Northern Insects, talk by J.A. Downes. 62 Northern Service (radio). 18 northern territories. Proposed, new, 58-9 o Oliver. D.R •• on The ins ects of the Lake Hazen area. Ellesmere Island, 1961. 69; and The Northern Insect Survey. 1957-61. 68 On the abundance and distribution of certain mammals in the Western Canadian Arctic Islands in 1958-9. 1-17 Operation Back River. 35-7 Owens. K.H .• 68 owls, snowy, 42 P Peel Plateau. 55. 58 Pelletier. B.R •• 66 Penny Icecap. Baffin Ii; land, The, talk by J.R. Weber. 27 permafrost, 28-34 pingo, temperature observation in, 33 Pingos and other geomorphological features of the Mac kenzie delta area, talk by J. Ross Mackay. 4-6 Polar Continental Shelf Project. 37, 62. 64, 66 Preliminary report on the insects of the Isachsen area, Ellef Ringnes Is land, 1960. 71- 2 Prince Patrick Island. 5. 6. 8. 9, 13, 15, 16 Proposed new northern territories, 58-9 Q Queen Elizabeth Islands. 5. 6. 7, 13. 27. 62. 66, 70 79 H Radio in the north, 18 reindeer. and Brucellosis, 48 Robertson, R.G •• letter to the Editor, 23-5 Royal Geographical Society Islands, 14 Rundle Glacier.