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Type of application: Renewal

Proponent name:	Gifford Miller
Company:	University of Colorado

Schedule:

Start Date:	2022-08-01
End Date:	2022-08-17
Operation Type:	Seasonal

Project Description:

The Barnes Ice Cap is the final remnant of the giant Laurentide Ice Sheet that covered most of Canada during the last Ice Age. It has been stable for the past 3000 years, but is now melting at all elevations in the face of increasing summer warmth. Even with no additional warmth, we project its disappearance within a few hundred years. The goal of our research is to determine whether the Barnes Ice Cap disappeared during earlier interglacials, or whether its disappearance is unprecedented in more the two million years. To address this question we will take small rock cores of bedrock at the margin of the current ice cap and analyze those rock cores for unusual nuclides that would have been created if the ice cap had disappeared in the past. We use a back-packable gasoline-powered drill to take a 10 cm diameter bedrock core about four meters long, which we will take to our laboratory for analysis. The field season will be about two weeks from a base camp at the northern margin of the Barnes Ice Camp, where we have had a base camp in the recent past (2009), and a Twin Otter can land on a gravel bar. We will have a PCSP helicopter on site to take personnel to 4 drill sites along the northern margin where bedrock is exposed at the edge of the Barnes Ice Cap

Personnel:

Persons:	6
Days:	17

Project Map

List of all project geometries:

ID	Geometry	Location Name
8099	polygon	We will sample bedrock exposed along the margins of the northern and northeastern Barnes Ice Cap

Planning Regions:

Kivalliq

Affected Areas and Land Types

Extablished National or Territorial Park

Settlement Area

North Baffin Planning Region

Project Land Use and Authorizations

Project Land Use

Scientific Research

Licensing Agencies

NRI: Scientific Research Licence

Other Licensing Requirements
No data found.

Material Use

Equipment

Type	Quantity	Size	Use
Portable Rock Drill	1	0.5 x 0.5 m	Drill 5 cm diameter rock core 3 m long

Fuel Use

Type	Container(s)	Capacity	UOM	Use
Aviation fuel	10	45	Gallons	Helicopter support, PCSP
Gasoline	4	1	Gallons	Cook stove fuel

Hazardous Material and Chemical Use

Type	Container(s)	Capacity	UOM	Use
No records found.

Water Consumption

Daily Amount (m³)	Retrieval Method	Retrieval Location
0	glacier meltwater	Barnes Ice Cap

Waste and Impacts

Environmental Impacts

The only waste is regular human waste. All other trash will be flown out by helicopeter. All used drums will be flown out by Twin Otter

Waste Management

Waste Type	Quantity Generated	Treatement Method	Disposal Method
No data found.

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Category:	Application related document - Conformity Determination Letter
Recieved:	2022-01-06
Originator:	Goump Djalogue
Public Registry ID:	19328
Document Size:	250.77 Kb

NORTH BAFFIN QUESTIONAIRE

GENERAL

Environmental Protection:

s3.13.8: The applicant undertakes to prevent any new occurrences of pollution, garbage and contamination at the site of the development.

YES

Removal of Fuel Drums:

s3.13.8: The applicant undertakes to remove all drums safely from the site and dispose of the drums in a safe manner.

YES

New Site Restoration and Clean Up:

s3.13.1 and Appendix H, s1: The applicant undertakes to clean up the site and restore the site to its natural condition to the greatest extent possible.

YES

Old Site Restoration and Clean Up:

s3.13.2: The applicant undertakes to clean up the site and restore the site to its original condition to the greatest extent possible, including any work required due to the applicant's action prior to this application.

YES

Low-Level Air Flights:

Appendix H, s3: Will the applicant avoid all low-level flights?

YES

Caribou Protection Measures:

s3.3.7 and Appendix D: Will the applicant comply with the Caribou Protection Measures outlined in section 2.4.6 and in Appendix D?

YES

Caribou Water Crossings:

s3.3.7 and map: Will the applicant avoid, between may 15 and September 1, to construct any camp, cache any fuel or conduct any blasting within 10 km of any Designated Caribou Water Crossing identified

YES

Polar Bear Denning Areas and Walrus Haul-outs:

s3.3.8: Will the applicant keep its activities away from any polar bear denning area or walrus haul-out?

YES

HERITAGE RESOURCES

Reporting of Archaeological Sites:

s3.11.3 and Appendix H, s2 and s8: Will the applicant immediately report the discovery of all suspected archaeological sites to the Department of Culture, Language, Elders and Youth (GN)?

YES

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Scientific Research:

s3.9.3: Does the project proposal involve scientific research?

YES

If yes, will the applicant integrate all available and relevant local and traditional knowledge when conducting its research?

YES

Consultation with Nunavut Research Institute:

s3.9.5: Has the applicant consulted with the Nunavut Research Institute about research topics that would benefit or interest local residents?

YES

i. Describe the results of your consultation.

Miller sits on the Advisory Board for Arctic College Environmental Technology Program

Local Services and Local Employment:

s3.9.4: Will the applicant rely on local services and employment where possible?

YES

i. Describe the services retained and the people to be employed.

The actual field site(Banes Ice Cap) will not require local assistance but in settlements we travel through we will seek local assistance. Based on our research in other summer around the Barnes Ice Cap there is no need for Bear Guards.

Communication on Scientific Research:

s3.2.8: The applicant will, at minimum, translate a summary of its work into Inuktitut and communicate with communities using language that is clear and non-technical. The results of all scientific re

YES

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