Fifty More Years Below Zero : Tributes and Meditations for the Naval Arctic Research Laboratorys

by Norton, David W.

• ISBN13: 9780919034983
• ISBN10: 0919034985
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alaska Pr

Table of Contents

Foreword
Volume Acknowledgements
Down Through Time: Editor's Introduction	p. 1
Science and Community: Inupiat Contributors to the Laboratory's Effectiveness
Introduction to Alaska's Original Naturalists	p. 9
Peter Sovalik, An Original Arctic Naturalist	p. 11
Research on the Colville River Delta: Lab and Local Support	p. 15
Historical Perspectives on Inupiat Contributions to Arctic Science at NARL	p. 23
Before North Slope Oilfields: The Laboratory's Formative Years
Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4 and the beginnings of the Arctic Research Laboratory (ARL)	p. 29
A Year at NARL: Experiences of a Young Biologist in the Laboratory's Early Days	p. 33
Fifty Years of Monitoring Geophysical Data At Barrow, Alaska	p. 61
The Role of the Office of Naval Research and the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) in the Growth of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory	p. 65
Monitoring of Worldwide Fallout-related Radiation in North Slope People and Animals	p. 71
Community and Lab as Sources for Themes in Arctic Research
Cold Adaptations and Fossil Atmospheres: Polar Legacies of Irving and Scholander	p. 77
An Overview of Early Research on Small Mammals in Arctic Alaska	p. 81
Early Polar Bear Studies at NARL	p. 87
Overview of Early Research on Large Mammals in Arctic Alaska	p. 91
Large Mammal Energetics at NARL	p. 99
Anthropological Research Supported by the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory	p. 105
Explorations of the North Slope's Ecological Diversity	p. 109
Coastal Processes And Their Influences On The People Of Alaska's North Slope	p. 117
Studies of Fresh Waters on the North Slope	p. 123
The Oriented Thaw Lakes: A Retrospective	p. 129
Higher Fungi and Slime Molds from Arctic Coastal and Arcto-Alpine Tundra of Northern Alaska	p. 139
Snow and Ice Research Begun at and Continued from NARL	p. 151
Contributions through NARL to Monitoring and Process Studies of Atmospheric Greenhouse Gases	p. 163
Aurora Research During The Early Space Age	p. 171
NARL and Research on Sea Ice and Lake Ice	p. 177
Marine Biological Studies at NARL	p. 187
NARL-based Terrestrial Bioenvironmental Research Including the U.S. IBP Tundra Biome Program, 1957 to 1997	p. 191
Changing National and Local Needs: The Laboratory and Barrow in Transition
Reminiscences of a Naval Officer and Scientist at NARL	p. 203
The Arctic Research Laboratory and Institutional Regime Shifts	p. 215
The Barrow Cold Pipe Test Facility	p. 229
NARL's Scientific Legacies Through Outer Continental Shelf Environmental Studies	p. 233
Alumiak and Natchik: An Account of Shipwrights and Seafaring at NARL	p. 237
Historical Perspectives on the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory, 1965 to 1980	p. 243
History of the NARL Animal Research Facility (ARF) and its Contribution to the Development of a Rabies Control Program for the North Slope	p. 255
The NARL and its Transition to the Local Community	p. 259
The Influence of Harry Brower, Sr., an Inupiaq Eskimo Hunter, on the Bowhead Whale Research Program Conducted at the UIC-NARL Facility by the North Slope Borough	p. 265
NARL's Scientific Legacy, Bridging to the 1990s	p. 279
Aerogeophysical Research in the Arctic	p. 283
The ARM North Slope of Alaska and Adjacent Arctic Ocean (NSA/AAO) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) Climate Change Research Facility: Carrying on the Tradition	p. 285
Perspectives on UIC-NARL's Future
Future for the NARL Camp Dining Hall?	p. 291
Chukchi Sea Oceanography: Regional and Global Issues	p. 297
Vegetation Research and Global Change at Barrow	p. 303
Integration of Local Knowledge into Ilisagvik College's Science Curriculum	p. 313
Thoughts on the Future of UIC-NARL	p. 317
Future Directions for Arctic Research	p. 319
Letters of Reminiscence and Appendices
Arctic Institute of North America Preface and Introductory Letter	p. 323
Letters, Reminiscences and Appendices	p. 329
Index: Subject and Author Index for Articles, Letters and Appendices	p. 543
Contributing Authors	p. 550
NARL Topics	p. 561
Time Periods Addressed by Contributing Authors (Keyed to inclusive years covered by each article, letter and appendix)	p. 571
UIC-NARL Topics	p. 574
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