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Wilderness areas --- Sustainable development --- Management. --- Arctic regions --- Arctic Regions. --- Economic conditions --- Environmental conditions

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It has been known at least since the end of the century that the polar areas play a very important role in the formation of the Earth’s climates. It is also known today that they are the most sensitive regions to climatic change, and are thus perfect case studies for the detection of such changes. The most serious obstacle to the study of climatic and other geographical elements of the polar areas (including the Arctic) has always been the severe climatic conditions which prevail in these regions. Because of these extreme con- tions, research into particular elements of the climatic system (including the atmosphere) began here much later than it did in lower latitudes. For instance, the whole area of the Arctic was not sufficiently covered with a network of meteorological stations until the late 1940s (and even then there were large areas of the central Arctic and the Greenland interior for which no data were available). This is probably why it was not until the start of the 1990s that a body of work began to appear which analysed in any depth climatic variability for the Arctic as a whole. While a considerable number of papers had been p- lished before this period, most of them were local studies presenting highly localised information, providing air temperature measurements but often little else.

Atmospheric temperature --- Precipitation variability --- Earth sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences. --- Earth Sciences. --- Atmospheric Sciences. --- Atmospheric sciences --- Earth sciences --- Atmosphere --- Atmospheric temperature - Arctic regions - Observations --- Precipitation variability - Arctic regions - Observations

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Arctic regions --- Baffin Island (Nunavut) --- Baffin Island (Nunavut) --- Arctique --- Baffin, Ile de (Nunavut) --- Baffin, Ile de (Nunavut) --- Anecdotes --- Description and travel. --- Social life and customs. --- Anecdotes --- Descriptions et voyages --- Moeurs et coutumes

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Over a three-year period from 1837 to 1939, operating from a base-camp at Fort Confidence on Great Bear Lake, the expedition achieved its goal. Despite serious problems with sea ice, Dease and Simpson, in some of the longest small-boat voyages in the history of the Arctic, mapped the remaining gaps in a model operation of efficient, economical, and safe exploration. Thomas Simpson's narrative, the standard source on the expedition, claimed the expedition's success for himself, stating "Dease is a worthy, indolent, illiterate soul, and moves just as I give the impulse." In From Barrow to Boothia William Barr shows that Dease's contribution was absolutely crucial to the expedition's success and makes Dease's sober, sensible, and modest account of the expedition available. Dease's journal, reproduced in full, is supplemented by a brief introduction to each section and detailed annotations that clarify and elaborate the text. By including relevant correspondence to and from expedition members, Barr captures the original words of the participants, offering insights into the character of both Dease and Simpson and making clear what really happened on this successful expedition.

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