Saqvaqjuac

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]

Saqvaqjuac

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Location of Saqvaqjuac in Nunavut

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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