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sampling kits are flexible tools because they can after observations of unusual broken teeth in
be modified over time and other samples can be muskoxen. Any changes made to the sampling
added. For example, for the purpose of a toxicol- kits need to take into account hunters’ feedback
ogy study, liver, kidney and muscle tissues have regarding the feasibility of sample collection in
been temporarily added to the list of samples; the field. The continued communication and
also the lower jaw has been added to the list co-design of the sampling programme with the

Figure 11.1 Map of Victoria Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago showing the only two settlements
established on the island, Iqaluktutiaq, or Cambridge Bay, Nunavut (study area) and Ulukhaktok, Northwest
Territories (approximately 1700 and 400 people, respectively). Victoria Island has a surface area of approxi-
mately 217 km , a similar size to that of the United Kingdom. At top right, Victoria Island is georeferenced
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within Canada (squared box); the current known distribution of muskoxen in Canada is shown in dark
grey (information from Kutz et al., 2017); the Arctic Circle is marked with a black solid line (above which
temperatures remain well below 0°C for most of the year and limited, or lack of, sunlight characterizes
the lengthy winter season); and the “tree line” (line above which trees do not grow) is indicated with a
dashed white line. At bottom right the picture of an adult male muskox from Victoria Island. Map generated
in QGIS 2.8.9. Figure reproduced from Tomaselli (2018).

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