This project was assisted by funding from the Arctic Transitions in the Land-Atmosphere System (ATLAS) project (OPP-9732076), an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science Education, and the University of Minnesota Itasca Field Biology Program and Summer Session office.

We thank the Polar Continental Shelf Project, Nunavut Research Institute, Steve Matthews of Resources Wildlife and Economic Development, George Hakongak, Nunavut Arctic College, and the Hamlet office in Cambridge Bay for assistance with logistics, meetings, and transportation. Special thanks to members of the CAVM project and the students of Arctic Field Ecology.