Two field expeditions have been organized for 2006.  The first will be in Western Greenland and involve interviews with Greenlandic Eskimos on the Traditional Knowledge of the narwhal.  Communities that will be visited include Qaanaaq, Disco Bay, Hunde Ejland, and Uummannaaq in Western Greenland.  A six-page questionnaire with 46 questions about narwhal anatomy and behavior was prepared and translated into dialects of Inuktitut and Western Greenlandic.  Interviews will be recorded by the digital DVD Sony CDX10, a 3 CCD camera and audio CD.

The second field expedition will be in Baffin Island and involve collection of Traditional Knowledge in Qikiqtarjuaq, and Pangnirtung, and Clyde River.  Anatomical Specimens will be examined in Arctic Bay.  Licensing has been granted by the Nunavut Research Institute, the overseeing agency responsible for permitting such collection.  Traditional Knowledge in Clyde River will collected by Shari Gearheard from Harvard University and all other collection through the Principal Investigator.