Canadian Museum of Nature researchers return to the Arctic for botanical and small-mammal fieldwork
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Monday, July 19, 2021
OTTAWA, July 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Researchers with the Canadian Museum of Nature are heading back to the Arctic this summer, following a year when fieldwork had been cancelled due to the pandemic.
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- OTTAWA, July 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Researchers with the Canadian Museum of Nature are heading back to the Arctic this summer, following a year when fieldwork had been cancelled due to the pandemic.
- The botany expedition from July 19 to August 23 is part of the museums ongoing Arctic Flora Project.
- One of the four species of lemmings in the Canadian Arctic, is the Ungava collared lemming (Dicrostonynx hudsonius), which is found in Nunavik.
- The Canadian Museum of Nature is Canada's national museum of natural history and natural sciences.