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Photographs of small experimental oil spills sites around Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories

File contains 73 photographs taken by Bill Freedman at the sites of small, controlled, experimental oil spills near Tuktoyaktuk (Pingo, Point, Meadow, Lupin), predominantly from 1973 and 1974. Also includes some photos from similar experiments at Cape Parry. Photographs document experimentation of regrowth of vegetation in response to small-scale oil spills.

Photographs of Sudbury scenes

File contains 116 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the region around Sudbury, Ontario, between 1975 and 1986, as part of his thesis fieldwork. Photographs show slag heaps, roast beds, pollution, plant damage, and mining infrastructure from the Copper Cliff, Coniston, and Falconbridge sites near Sudbury, and flora at the nearby Wanapitei River, Richard Lake, and Burwash sites.

Photographs of the Postville and Michelin Lake areas of Labrador

File contains 51 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the Postville area of Labrador, between 1975 and 1977 (predominantly 1977). Photographs show geological formations, bogs, and flora around the Michelin Lake area near Postville. File also contains some photographs of flora taken at Terra Nova National Park

Photographs of tailings sites around Sudbury

File contains 36 photographs taken by Bill Freedman in the area around Sudbury, Ontario, between 1975 and 1986 (many of which were used as part of his thesis fieldwork). Photographs show tailings ponds, nickel runs, roast beds, and slag pouring at the Coppercliff, Burwash, Coniston, Richard Lake, and Falconbridge sites.

Intense, natural pollution affects Arctic tundra vegetation at the Smoking Hills, Canada : [manuscript and other materials]

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman, with V. Zobens, T.C. Hutchinson, and W.I. Gizyn, for Ecology, volume 71, number 2. File also contains negatives for figures used in text, handwritten data, correspondence, and similar unannotated articles written by some of the contributors.

Evaluation of loading of sulphate and heavy metals along a S-SE transect centering on Sudbury, Ontario ; Evaluation of sulphate and heavy metal loading rates and total sulphation as affected by forest canopies near Sudbury, Ontario ; Effects of smelter emissions on surrounding forest plant communities near Sudbury, Ontario : [manuscript and correspondence]

File contains three abstracts written by Freedman for presentations for the Workshop Meeting to Consider Methods Involved in Studies of Acid Precipitation to Forect [sic] Ecosystem. Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 19-23 September 1977. Session titles are: 1B: Evaluation of Atmospheric Inputs; 2. Throughfall and Stemflow; 3. Measurement of Effects. File also includes hand-written data and correspondence.

Effects of harvesting biomass for energy on the nutrient status and long-term productivity of selected forest sites in the Maritimes : [draft manuscripts and other materials]

File contains three draft manuscript reports compiled by Freedman, with U. Prager, P.N. Duinker, R. Morash, A.J. Hanson, and J.G. Ogden, for the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies. File includes the annual reports for 1979-80, 1980-81, and 1984. File also contains correspondence, charts, and revision notes.

Ecology of a high Arctic lowland oasis, Alexandra Fjord (78 53'N, 75 65'W), Ellesmere Island, N.W.T., Canada : 1980 and 1981 progress reports : [manuscript]

File contains the manuscript reports edited by Freedman and Josef Svoboda, documenting the 1980 and 1981 progress of the Alexandra Fjord Lowland Ecosystem Study. Freedman contributes to two articles in the 1980 report: "Ecology of a high arctic lowland oasis on Ellesmere Island. An overview" (with J. Svoboda) and "Populations of breeding birds" (with J. Svoboda), and five articles in the 1981 report: "Seed banks and seedling occurrence in a high arctic oasis" (with Nick Hill, Josef Svoboda, and Greg Henry), "Populations of breeding birds at Alexandra Fiord, compared with other high arctic localities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Regional survey of plant communities" (with Josef Svoboda), "Birds of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity", and "Mammals of Alexandra Fiord and vicinity".

Proposal for a study on the increased use of wood as an energy source in Nova Scotia : [manuscript and other materials]

File contains the draft proposal written by Freedman and others for ADI Limited, in association with the Institute for Resource and Environmental Studies and Gardner Pinfold, for the Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy. File also contains handwritten interview summaries, and relevant cited materials.

Macrophyte communities in three lakes in Kejimkujik National Park : [draft manuscripts]

File contains twp draft manuscripts (one typed and one handwritten with many revisions) by Freedman and Colin C. Stewart, for the Kejimkujuk Calibrated Catchments Program, the Aquatic and Terrestrial Effects of the Long-Range Transport of Air Pollutants, Report of the Proceedings, November 18, 1981, edited by J. Kerekes, June 1982, sponsored by Atlantic Region LRTAP Monitering and Effects Working Group. File also contains the manuscript of the proceedings. Manuscript covers Pebbleloggitch, Beaverskin, and Kejimkujik lakes.

Physical and ecological characteristics of Alexandra Fiord, a high arctic oasis on Ellesmere Island, Canada : [manuscript and correspondence]

File contains the manuscript written by Freedman with J. Svoboda, C. Labine, M. Muc, G. Henry, M. Nams, J. Stewart, and E. Woodley, for the Fourth International Conference on Permafrost, July 17-22, 1983, organized by the University of Alaska and National Academy of Sciences. File also contains drafts, correspondence, and reviewer comments.

Two manuscripts by Olga Kukal about Gynaephora groenlandica at Alexandra Fiord : [draft manuscripts]

File contains two manuscripts written by Olga Kukal, and with edits by Freedman. Manuscript one is titled "The effect of parasitoids on the survivorship of the high Arctic Woolly-bear caterpillar, Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae)" (co-written with Peter G. Kevan); manuscript two is titled: "Experimental evidence of cold hardiness in the larvae of Gynaephora groenlandica (Wocke) (Lepidoptera:Lymantriidae)". Both manuscripts address the caterpillar's hardiness at Alexandra Fiord, Ellesmere Island. Kukal contributed a later draft of this research to the Freedman-edited "Ecology of a Polar Oasis".
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