Arctic Field Ecology Course
University of Minnesota
Itasca Field Biology Program
29 June - 23 July 2004
Sponsored By:
National Science Foundation
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
For further information and an application, please go to:
http://muskox.com/acrobat/app_arctic.pdf
or contact:
Bill Gould
Phone: 787-766-5335 ext. 209
Fax: 787-766-6302
E-mail: (wgould [at] fs.fed.us)
OVERVIEW
Arctic Field Ecology is offered by the University of Minnesota Itasca
Field Biology Program and sponsored by the National Science Foundation
and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. The course
integrates research, education, and traditional ecological knowledge.
This summer the class will visit a number of sites along a climatic
gradient from the southern to northern Canadian Arctic.
ITINERARY
We will begin with a kayak trip along the Mara River to learn about the
region's flora and fauna, soils, nutrient cycling, the interactions of
caribou, climate, and vegetation, and the impact of people and global
change in the Arctic. We will follow this with a visit to Omingmaktok to
meet and camp with local Inuit instructors. For the second half we will
integrate what we have learned with hands-on science as we set up a
remote field camp with several scientists studying
climate-soil-vegetation interactions on Prince Patrick Island in the
Canadian High Arctic.
COURSE SPECIFICS
The class is part of the research program "Biocomplexity of Frost Boil
Ecosystems." More information on this program is available at:
http://www.geobotany.uaf.edu/cryoturbation/
Students will have the opportunity to work and learn in the field with
soil scientists, climatologists, and vegetation and ecosystem ecologists
involved in the project.
Credits Offered: 5 through the University of Minnesota
Instructors: Bill Gould (landscape ecologist) and Grizelle Gonzalez
(soil ecologist)
Course Cost: $3300 USD
For further information and an application, please go to:
http://muskox.com/acrobat/app_arctic.pdf
or contact:
Bill Gould
Phone: 787-766-5335 ext. 209
Fax: 787-766-6302
E-mail: (wgould [at] fs.fed.us)