Inroduction to the course

Facts and locations in the Canadian Arctic

Canadian Arctic Facts

Climate of the Arctic 1 (global scale) (notes)

Climate of the Arctic 2 (Canada) (notes)

Landscape Evolution (global scale) (notes)

Video - Search for a Tropical Arctic

Landscape evolution 2: Quaternary glaciations (notes)

Changes in climate and landscape during the Holocene period (notes)

Periglacial landscapes: permafrost(notes)

Periglacial landforms: ice wedges and pingos(notes)

Biogeographic zonation in the Arctic:notes

Tundra ecosystems 1: Plants - notes

Tundra ecosystems 2: Arctic Animals: Invertebrates - notes

Marine systems [notes]

Tundra ecosystems 3: Arctic terrestrial animals: sub-nivean and supra-nivean mammals: notes

midterm info

Ecosystems and climate change (notes)

Mid Term Exam

Mid Term Exam - notes on format

 Paleoeskimo culture: ASTt - notes

Dorset culture: notes

Thule and historical Inuit culture

 notes

Video: People of the Seal, Part 2: Eskimo Winter

European Explorers 1 (Vikings, Frobisher, Baffin, Davis, Hudson,..)

notes

European Explorers 2 ( Ross, Parry, Franklin, ...) notes

European Explorers 3 (Search for Franklin, Race for the Pole: Peary, Amundsen) notes

Canadian Activity in the North (sovereignty, RCMP, DEW line, Boundary disputes)

notes

 video: Broken Promises: The High Arctic Relocation

Land Claims in the Canadian Arctic [notes]

Socioeconomic geography 1: non-renewable resource economies [notes]

Socioeconomic geography 2: social conditions - notes

Global Change in the Arctic: pollution - notes

Arctic Sovereignty issues - notes

International relations in the circumarctic region: The Arctic Council - notes

End of class review