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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Yukon"”.
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Glaciochemical records from the Saint Elias Mountains, Yukon, Canada
… record of forest fire activity in Alaska and the Yukon that responds to anthropogenic influences such as the Klondike Gold Rush and natural climate variability such as the Medieval Warm Period. The Eclipse and Mt. Logan ice cores offer a record of regionally significant volcanic eruptions, with at …
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The Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition and Seattle's Health Modernization
… at how modernization was presented at the Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition (AYPE) in 1909. During Seattle’s modernization phase, public health, sanitation, and racial fears associated with disease were of utmost importance. By looking at Seattle and its relationship with the AYPE, it becomes clear …
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Hearing Loss Among Alaska Native Schoolchildren of the Lower Yukon
<p>Schoolchildren in the Eskimo settlement of Mountain Village, Alaska, were studied to determine the extent of hearing losses incurred and ,the relationship between hearing loss and the middle ear pathology of otitis media.</p>
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Formation and Drainage of Glacier Dammed Dań Zhùr (Donjek) Lake, Yukon
… Glacier, located in the St. Elias Mountains, Yukon, is a surge-type glacier that undergoes cyclical periods of rapid advance over a period of ~1-2 years, followed by retreat for a period of ~10 years (Kochtitzky et al., 2019). Dań Zhùr Chù’ (Donjek River) runs perpendicular to the terminus of …
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Reconstructing the Surge History and Dynamics of Fisher Glacier, Yukon, 1948-2022
… to better characterize surging in the southwest Yukon and assess the risk posed by this glacier’s surges on surrounding regions. Fisher Glacier has previously been identified as a surge-type glacier but, until now, it had not been the focus of any detailed studies. We find evidence that Fisher …
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Who Counts? A Critical Approach to Indigenous Language Demography in the Yukon
… demographies of First Nations languages in the Yukon through the lens of IDG principles, to discover how IDG influences the data collected in language demographies, within the unique context of the First Nations self-governance movements of the Yukon. It is the first study to examine the …
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Stratigraphic setting of some new and rare phosphate minerals in the Yukon Territory
… iron formation, in the Richardson Mountains, Yukon, is a unique sedimentary deposit of lowermost Albian age. It had an unusual postdepositional history which led to the development of a spectacular phosphate occurrence. Strata were deposited in an environment without currents but of relatively …
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Geology and mineral deposits of the Ketza River mining district, Yukon Territory, Canada
Includes bibliographical references.
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Technological Transitions in the Far North: Yukon People’s Difficult but Transformative Relationship with Technology
… study of technological change in Canada's Yukon Territory investigates the impact of technologies introduced into Yukon. It examines the capacity of governments, businesses and citizens to adopt and adapt new technologies beginning in the early 20th century and carries the examination …
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Reduction of ground surface temperatures beside highway embankments by snow compaction, central Yukon, Canada.
Snowbanks accumulate beside roads in permafrost regions, raise ground temperatures, may degrade permafrost locally and lead to deterioration of the embankment. Field experiments were conducted at tundra and taiga sites to determine whether compaction of snowbanks by snowmobiles would reduce ground …
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A case study of the implementation of experiential education in Yukon K-12 schools
… of implementing Experiential Education (EXED) in Yukon Territory Kindergarten to Grade 12 (K-12) schools with a particular focus on investigating: (a) understandings of EXED and the drivers behind its implementation, (b) factors contributing to EXED's suitability for Yukon schools, and (c) factors …
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Tundra fire driven surface subsidence increases spectral diversity on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms
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Remaking the Alaska-Yukon Borderlands: The North-West Mounted Police, the United States Army, and the Klondike Gold Rush
… gold rush have long positioned the Alaska-Yukon border as an established fact, serving as a firm dividing line between perceived American lawlessness and Canadian order as thousands of miners rushed to the Yukon and Alaska from 1896-1899. A wider, regional analysis of the Alaska-Yukon …
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Fitness and Implications of Reproductive Decisions for Black Brant Nesting on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Cost of breeding is influenced by numerous decisions during reproduction. In black brant (Branta bernicla nigricans; hereafter brant), an arctic goose, I studied effects of choices individual female brant which influence numerous life history traits. For birds maintaining long-term monogamous …
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Spruce bark beetle disturbance in the forest-tundra ecotones of southwest Yukon: impacts and predisposing factors
… the forest-tundra ecotones of southwest Yukon to spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus rufipennis) infestation, and investigated the subsequent effects of insect disturbance on the growth and establishment of white spruce (Picea glauca). Specific objectives were to evaluate (i) the …
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Biostratigraphy of Cretaceous and Paleogene Strata from Northern Yukon Territory and District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories
The biostratigraphic utility of the angiosperm pollen genus Pulcheripollenites is improved through the development of new biozones. Species of Pulcheripollenites, including one new species, P. sweetii, aid interpretations and correlations within three northern Canadian basins, in combination with …
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Demography and Behavior of Western Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) Breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Alaska
… Sandpipers (Calidris mauri) breeding on the Yukon-Kuskokwim River Delta, Alaska (1998-2005). In chapter one, I estimated apparent annual survival (product of true survival and site fidelity) while correcting for the probability of encounter for 237 males and 296 females. Overall return rates …
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