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beyondthemap A Presentation by Dr. James Raffan in the Polar Perspectives Series Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, November 20th, 2008 Hurricane Aerial Source: World Resources Institute Frontier Forests 8,000 years ago Frontier

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beyondthemap

A Presentation by Dr. James Raffan in the Polar Perspectives Series Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, November 20th, 2008
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Hurricane Aerial

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Frontier Forests 8,000 years ago

Source: World Resources Institute
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Frontier forests today

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2005 2002 1992 Meanwhile ... in Greenland in the last 16 years ...

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Global Temperature Since 1860

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Temperature ºC as Deviation from 1961-1991 Average

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The Greenhouse Effect

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C O 2 CO2 C O 2 CO2

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Open Water Ice Ice

One Year Ideal Conditions Ideal Conditions Altered Conditions Altered Conditions

Adapt Move Die

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Extent of Arctic Sea Ice (millions square km)

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HUMANS NATURE

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DISCONNECTION!

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NATURE

DISCONNECTION!

HUMANS

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H u m a n s N a t u r e

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SLIDE 25 Dumoine River by Canoe ’70, 80’, ‘82 Lady Evelyn River by Canoe ’67, ‘71 Algonquin Park on Foot & by Canoe ‘60-’69 Bathurst Inlet via Burnside ‘80 Coppermine River by Canoe ’77, ’78 & ’97 by Snowmobile ‘04 Kazan River ‘88 NW Passage by Icebreaker ’02 & ‘06 Mara River by Canoe ‘81 Baffin Island Coast by Peterhead ‘85 Pangnirtung Pass on Foot ‘85 Wager Bay by Sea Kayak ‘86 Richmond Gulf by Canoe ‘87 Rivère a l’eau Claire ‘87 Newfoundland by Bicycle ‘81 Jacques Cartier River by Snowshoe ‘83 Dumoine River by Dog Sled ‘83 Red Squirred Wilderness by Snowshoe ‘86 Trans-Canada Trail on Foot ‘00 French River by Canoe ‘74 James Bay Shore by Snowshoe ‘82 Across Algonquin by Snowshoe ’93, ‘05 Superior Shore by Canoe ‘85 Spanish River by Canoe ’72 & Snowshoe ‘06 Lake Superior Park by Snowshoe ‘85 Berens River by Canoe ‘03 Missinaibi River by Canoe ‘82 Fond du Lac River by Canoe ‘79 Churchill River by Canoe ‘79 Trans-Canada Trail by Bicycle ‘00 Alaska Highway by Road ‘79 Elk River by Canoe ‘83 Nahanni River by Air & on Foot ‘02 Kluane National Park on Foot ‘79 Peel River by Skidoo ‘03 Thelon Sanctuary by Skidoo ‘91 Thelon River by Canoe ’83 & ‘91 Dempster Highway by Car ‘79 Dempster Highway by Transport Truck ‘03 Mackenzie Delta Reindeer Herding by Skidoo ’03 & ‘05 Wilberforce Falls on Foot ‘81 Summit Pass by Ski ‘00
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SLIDE 26 Herb Pohl Edited by James Raffan

Faraway Faraway The Lure of The Lure of Places Places

Reflections
  • n Wilderness
and Solitude
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F Days

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M Days

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