Course Announcement - ITASCA FIELD BIOLOGY PROGRAM
Arctic Field Ecology
"Integrating western and Inuit ecological knowledge"
Two sections of Arctic Field Ecology (University of Minnesota, Biol
4842, 4 semester credits) are being offered this summer (June 26 - July
19, 2001 and July 21 - August 16, 2001).
This is a unique field ecology course taught by a multidisciplinary
team of scientists and Inuit collaborators. It is a once in a lifetime
experience focused on the excitement of discovery in the remote tundra
wilderness of the Canadian Arctic.
The course will explore the region west of Bathurst Inlet with travel by
kayak along the Mara River. The focus is on current research in the
Arctic, the vegetation and natural history of the area, learning
sampling techniques, designing research proposals, and understanding the
common ground between indigenous and western views of the Arctic
landscape.
The course is open to undergraduate and graduate students from around
the world and will be an exciting introduction to the Arctic and to
field research in the natural sciences. There is an information packet
you can download at http://muskox.com/acrobat/app.pdf.
For more information contact:
Dr. Bill Gould
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
International Institute of Tropical Forestry
USDA Forest Service
PO Box 25000
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00928-2500
Phone: 787/766-5335 ext 114
Fax: 787/766-6302
ffwag [at] uaf.edu
http://muskox.com