Antarctic

Variability in Palaeoeskimo occupation on south-western Victoria Island, Arctic Canada: causes and consequences

The authors infer the presence and population size of paleoeskimos on western Victoria Island and suggest that a rapid decline of population size was due to an overhunting of musk-ox.

Prehistoric Inuit whalers affected Arctic freshwater ecosystems

The authors show that Thule Inuit whaler settlements caused noticeable changes to the water quality and ecology of the circumpolar Somerset Island between about 1200 and 1600 AD despite relatively low population densities.

In Search of Human-associated Bacterial Pathogens in Antarctic Wildlife: Report from Six Penguin Colonies Regularly Visited by Tourists

The authors learned that pathogens associated with human tourism has not spread to Antarctic wildlife.

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