Saqvaqjuac

Location of Saqvaqjuac in Nunavut

Saqvaqjuac was a 465 m² Arctic research camp located on the north side of Chesterfield Inlet, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-northwest of the hamlet of Igluligaarjuk (Chesterfield Inlet).^[1] It was opened in 1977, operated every year until 1982, and last used in 1988. The name is attributed to the fast-moving water connecting the inlet with Hudson Bay (saqvaq meaning "fast water or rapids" and juac meaning "big" or "large").^[2]

Research Activities[edit]

The original purpose of the station was for conducting research on freshwater systems and potentially for collecting data to guide industrial projects in the central eastern Arctic.^[3] Research subjects included whole-lake methane addition,^[4] phosphorus and nitrogen eutrophication experiments,^[2] long-range atmospheric transport^[5] and photosynthesis of ice algae.^[6] Other topics included detailed bathymetric and topographic surveys, and collection of other hydrometeorological data.^[3]

The project was operated by the Freshwater Institute, part of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

63°39′N 90°39′W / 63.65°N 90.65°W / 63.65; -90.65

References[edit]

^ http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/mpo-dfo/Fs97-13-273-eng.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ ^a ^b Welch, Harold E. (1985). "Introduction to Limnological Research at Saqvaqjuac, Northern Hudson Bay". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 42 (3): 494–505. doi:10.1139/f85-067.
^ ^a ^b Dalton, J.A. (July 1981). "Hydrometeorological data from the Saqvaqjuac Project, N.W.T., 1977 to 1980" (PDF). Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 273. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
^ Welch, H. E. (1980). "Methane addition to an arctic lake in winter". Limnology and Oceanography. 25 (1): 100–113. Bibcode:1980LimOc..25..100W. doi:10.4319/lo.1980.25.1.0100.
^ Welch, Harold E. (1991). "Brown snow: a long-range transport event in the Canadian Arctic". Environmental Science & Technology. 25 (2): 280–286. Bibcode:1991EnST...25..280W. doi:10.1021/es00014a010.
^ Bergmann, M.A.; Welch, H.E.; Butler-Walker, J.E.; Siferd, T.D. (July 1991). "Ice algal photosynthesis at resolute and saqvaqjuac in the Canadian arctic". Journal of Marine Systems. 2 (1–2): 43–52. Bibcode:1991JMS.....2...43B. doi:10.1016/0924-7963(91)90012-J.

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[1] ttp://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2013/mpo-dfo/Fs97-13-273-eng.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[limn-2] Welch, Harold E. (1985). "Introduction to Limnological Research at Saqvaqjuac, Northern Hudson Bay". Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 42 (3): 494–505. doi:10.1139/f85-067.

[dalton-3] Dalton, J.A. (July 1981). "Hydrometeorological data from the Saqvaqjuac Project, N.W.T., 1977 to 1980" (PDF). Canadian Data Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 273. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

[4] Welch, H. E. (1980). "Methane addition to an arctic lake in winter". Limnology and Oceanography. 25 (1): 100–113. Bibcode:1980LimOc..25..100W. doi:10.4319/lo.1980.25.1.0100.

[5] Welch, Harold E. (1991). "Brown snow: a long-range transport event in the Canadian Arctic". Environmental Science & Technology. 25 (2): 280–286. Bibcode:1991EnST...25..280W. doi:10.1021/es00014a010.

[6] Bergmann, M.A.; Welch, H.E.; Butler-Walker, J.E.; Siferd, T.D. (July 1991). "Ice algal photosynthesis at resolute and saqvaqjuac in the Canadian arctic". Journal of Marine Systems. 2 (1–2): 43–52. Bibcode:1991JMS.....2...43B. doi:10.1016/0924-7963(91)90012-J.

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