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Summer at Cape Grinnell: The Inglefield Land Archeology Project
Genevieve M. LeMoine
Between June 23 and August 8, 2008 the Inglefield Land Archaeology project will be conducting research at Cape Grinnell, on the northwest coast of Greenland. The team includes researchers and students from Bowdoin College, the University of California, Davis, the Greenland National Museum and Archives, Laval University, and the community of Qaanaaq. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation with additional support from the Greenland National Museum and Archives, the University of California, Davis, and Bowdoin College.
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Audio blog posts from the last seven days are below. Browse the archives using the menu on the right.
Thule Air Base
- 08-07-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 08-07-2008
Eli calls from Thule Air Base in Northwest Greenland giving updates on the team's travel plans. Everyone is busy cleaning equipment and enjoying the comforts of the air base before tomorrow's flight to Baltimore.
Leaving Cape Grinnell
- 08-04-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 08-04-2008
In what is probably the final audio post from Cape Grinnell, Eli describes the team's last weekend in Northwest Greenland, which included back-filling the archaeological site and being visited by an arctic wolf. Eli takes this opportunity to say thank you to everyone involved in the project, and express how much he has enjoyed his time in the arctic.
Solar eclipse
- 08-01-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 08-01-2008
This morning Eli and the rest of the team were able to experience a full solar eclipse, as Northwest Greenland was one of the few places from which the eclipse was visible. The interview for this podcast is with Navarana Sørensen, of Qaanaaq, who is participating in an archaeological dig for the first time.
Whaling
- 07-28-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 07-28-2008
Today Eli interviews Joanne Goodsell, a graduate student at UC Davis, who discusses her work investigating animal remains at the archaeological site.
Excavations
- 07-25-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 07-25-2008
Eli gives an update on the progress of the investigation and the changes made to the team since the last message in this installment of the podcast. Dr.
Continuous rain
- 07-21-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 07-21-2008
In this message, Eli explains that inclement weather is preventing him from making more frequent audio posts and is interfering with the group's investigation of the archaeological site, sometimes forcing them to work half-days. Trine Johansen, a graduate student at UC Davis, discusses her dissertation work on the effects of cultural contact, specifically the effects that contact with Euro-Americans had on the previously isolated polar Inuit.
Geomorphology
- 07-14-2008
Listen to this audio post [mp3]: 07-14-2008
This installment sees the team finishing work on the Late Dorset site, making a trip to Force Bay, and dealing with cooling weather. Eli discusses how some team members are keeping busy when they are not working, and interviews Owen Mason, a geomorphologist from Anchorage, AK.