A few more questions from those great SHS students

hi its emily m

when you were on your tour did you see any sharks? no, we did not see any. i am not certain if they are in the Hudson bay.


how big were the beluga whales and do they live there all year? They average about 14 feet in length. They do not live here all year long. They spend some time here in the summer and then begin to move out of the Churchill area. We actually have missed the "peak season" for viewing them, but we saw plenty.


mary g w

How much organic matter was in your samples? It depends on the location where the sample is taken. It ranged anywhere from about 5cm in depth below the surface to 2m below the surface.

How long do polar bears live? The individuals who are up here doing the research said they can live between 20-25 year.

What kind of degree would you need if you wanted to work on this type of research(that you're doing) for a job? It would be an environmental science degree.


what kind of gov. does Canada have? They have a democracy. With a Prime Minister and a Parliament. Similar to ours, just different terminology.

Maddie Rae S.
I have a question:
In a past post, you said something about FEN. Does that stand for anything??????? The letters FEN do not stand for anything. That is the way we have been writing it on our data when we collect samples from the fen. It is a wetland in the tundra. You have heard of a bog, a swampland, well they are all similar in being in a low area with great amounts water, but different nutrients, gases etc. in each.