Climatological Summaries for the Joint Arctic Weather Stations at Alert, Eureka, Isachsen, Mould Bay and Resolute, N.W.T.
Author | : Canada. Meteorological Branch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : Canada. Meteorological Branch |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : Daniel Heidt |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2022-04-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781773852768 |
The Joint Arctic Weather Stations were five meteorological and scientific monitoring stations constructed at Resolute, Eureka, Mould Bay, Isachsen, and Alert with the cooperation of the Canadian Department of Transport's meteorological branch and the United States Weather Bureau. From 1947 to the early 1970s as few as four Canadians and four Americans worked and lived at each of the four satellite stations, observing and collecting scientific data. This is the first systematic account of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations, a project that profoundly shaped state activates and scientific inquiry in the Arctic Archipelago. Drawing on extensive archival evidence, unpublished personal memoirs, and interviews with former employees, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations analyzes the diplomatic, scientific, social, military, and environmental dimensions of the program alongside each station as a nexus of state planning and personal agency. Contrary to previous scholarship, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations reveals that Canadian officials sought--and achieved--a firm policy that afforded effective control of Canada's Arctic while enjoying the advantages of American contribution to the joint meteorological program. It explores the changing ways science was conducted over time and how the details of everyday life at remote stations, from the climate to leisure activities to debates over alcohol, hunting, and leadership, shaped the program's effectiveness. An exploration of the full duration of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations from high-level planning and diplomacy to personal interactions in the stations makes this book an essential exploration of collaborative polar science in the North American Arctic.
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Aeronautics |
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Author | : Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 58 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Arctic regions |
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Author | : Mark Nuttall |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 2306 |
Release | : 2005-09-23 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1136786805 |
With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.
Author | : Peter Pigott |
Publisher | : Dundurn |
Total Pages | : 331 |
Release | : 2011-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1554889898 |
In the early 20th century the Canadian North was a mystery, but the Canadian military stepped in, and this book explores its historic activities in Canada’s Arctic. Is the Canadian North a state of mind or simply the lands and waters above the 60th parallel? In searching for the ill-fated Franklin Expedition in the 19th century, Britain’s Royal Navy mapped and charted most of the Arctic Archipelago. In 1874 Canadian Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie agreed to take up sovereignty of all the Arctic, if only to keep the United States and Tsarist Russia out. But as the dominion expanded east and west, the North was forgotten. Besides a few industries, its potential was unknown. It was as one Canadian said for later. There wasn’t much need to send police or military expeditions to the North. Not only was there little tribal warfare between the Inuit or First Nations, but there were few white settlers to protect and the forts were mainly trading posts. Thus, in the early 20th century, Canada’s Arctic was less known than Sudan or South Africa. From Far and Wide recounts exclusively the historic activities of the Canadian military in Canada’s North.
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : United States |
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The official monthly record of United States foreign policy.
Author | : Keith D. Smith |
Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2014-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1442605669 |
Covering topics such as the Indian Act, the High Arctic relocation of 1953, and the conflict at Ipperwash, Keith D. Smith draws on a diverse selection of documents including letters, testimonies, speeches, transcripts, newspaper articles, and government records. In his thoughtful introduction, Smith provides guidance on the unique challenges of dealing with Indigenous primary sources by highlighting the critical skill of "reading against the grain." Each chapter includes an introduction and a list of discussion questions, and helpful background information is provided for each of the readings. Organized thematically into fifteen chapters, the reader also contains a list of key figures, along with maps and images.