CONTACT PERSON:

http://www.churchillscience.ca/index.php?page=main_page

 

Courtney, Steacy

ADDRESS:

Box 610, Churchill

Manitoba R0B 0E0

Canada

TELEPHONE: +1-204-675-2307

TELEFAX: +1-204-675-2139

LIBRARY ACTIVITIES:

History of Library:

The library was founded in the spring of 1978, largely through the efforts of Ms. Nora Corley Murchison, the former long-time Chief Librarian of the Arctic Institute of North America. It is primarily an open-stack reference library with a vertical file specializing in research of the Churchill Region.

DESCRIPTION OF POLAR COLLECTION:

Languages:

primarily English

Subjects:

limnology, climatology, geography*, geomorphology, biology*, botany*, anthropology*, ornithology*, entomology, ecology, geology*, oceanography, surveying, pipeline technology*, (Polar Gas reports).

(*Indicates more complete collections.)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           October 2007