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SITE NAME
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Kotzebue, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA
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| Contact details
(phone/fax//e-mail//address): |
| (01483)275004/(01483)275651 // 101722.52@compuserve.com // Orchard Lodge, Cranleigh Road, Ewhurst, Surrey GU6 7RJ, UK
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PROJECT DETAILS |
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Project name:
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Bering Strait Expedition
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Start of survey:
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End
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Team
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20.06
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8.07
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WEATHER
CONDITIONS
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Weather conditions: |
| A few days of fine weather mostly overcast with light rain. Mostly from south.
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| Date of ice-break on
rivers: |
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| Date of final loss of
snow: |
June
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BIOTIC
CONDITIONS
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| Rodents abundance evaluation: |
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Breeding conditions:
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| No information other than comment that birds were not numerous generally. Lakes about Kotzebue had breeding families of waterfowl and gulls were active aroud waste disposal areas. Even fewer birds noticed about Nome - except in the area of safety lagoon 64^30'N, 164^45'W, where there was active bird life.
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Rodent dynamics:
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Rodent species recorded:
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Summary
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