Title & Author:

Living explorers of the Canadian Arctic : the historic symposium of Arctic scientists, explorers, and adventurers, Toronto, 1978 / Shirley Milligan, W.O. Kupsch, general editors.

Publication:

Description:

302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction -- A map of Canada's north -- Pt. I. Arctic exploration in the modern era -- 1. The polar continental shelf project / E. Frederick Roots and George D. Hobson -- 2. Canadian universities and Arctic research / Trevor Lloyd -- Pt. II. New perspectives on original peoples -- 3. Ice age animals and early man in the Old Crow Region, Yukon Territory / C. Richard Harinngton -- 4. The original native explorers of the Arctic / Graham W. Rowley -- Introduction of Peter Ittinuar / William E. Taylor, Jr. -- 5. The role of Inuit in Canada / Peter Ittinuar -- 6. Medicine in the Arctic / J. A. Hildes -- Pt. III. Explorers : twilight of the heroic tradition -- 7. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the Arctic / William G. Fraser -- 8. Bernier and the Arctic / Richard S. Finnie -- 9. Vilhjalmur Steffanson / Evelyn Stefansson Nef -- 10. On Hornby's trail : the Thelon Game Sanctuary, 1934-42 / C. H. Douglas Clarke -- 11. Arctic journeys / Lord Shackleton -- Pt. IV. Filling the map -- 12. The second international polar year expedition to Chesterfield Inlet, 1932-33 / Frank T. Davies -- 13. William Baffin's beautiful island / Patrick D. Baird -- 14. The last explorations in North America for new lands : Foxe Basin, 1933-47 / Thomas H. Manning -- 15. The north polar flights of the Lancaster Aries in May, 1945 / Kenneth C. Maclure -- Pt. V. Understanding the arctic environment -- 16. Mapping the arctic climate / F. Kenneth Hare -- 17. Reconnaissance and forecasting of ice conditions in the Canadian arctic / William E. Markham -- 18. Man and ice : encounters with the frozen ocean / Moira Dunbar -- 19. A natural history of Cape Bathurst's smoking hills / Thomas C. Hutchinson -- 20. Plants of the high arctic : how do they manage? / Josef Svoboda -- 21. Why the Arctic Ocean is a poor producer of life / Maxwell J. Dunbar -- 22. Design and construction for living in the Arctic / George Jacobsen -- Pt. VI. The lure of Arctic resources -- 23. Herschel Island and the history of the Western Arctic / Paul Fenimore Cooper Jr. -- 24. The bush plane in the Canadian North / C. H. (Punch) Dickins -- 25. The geological exploration of the arctic islands / J. W. Kerr -- 26. Prospecting in the Arctic / Murray Watts -- 27. Arctic pipelines / R. A. Hemstock -- 28. Transportation issues in the Canadian arctic : a late seventies' perspective / Jacques Seguin.

Summary:

28 papers from the Symposium in which over 40 of the great names from two generations of arctic history met and recounted their discoveries and adventures in the Canadian north. Papers are arranged under the headings: Arctic exploration in the modern era; New perspectives on original peoples; Explorers: twilight of the heroic tradition; Filling in the map; Understanding the arctic environment; The lure of arctic resources.

Resources:
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0919315194
9780919315198
0919315151 (pbk.)
9780919315150 (pbk.)

Subject:

Discoveries in geography
Canada, Northern Discovery and exploration Congresses.
Arctic regions Discovery and exploration Congresses.
Arctic regions Congresses.
Canada, Northern Congresses.
Arctique Congrès.
Canada (Nord) Congrès.
Arctique Découverte et exploration canadiennes Congrès.
Canada (Nord) Découverte et exploration Congrès.
Arctique Découverte et exploration Congrès.
Arctic Regions
Northern Canada
Canada (nord) Découverte et exploration Congrès.

Form/genre:

Conference papers and proceedings

Added entries:

Milligan, Shirley.
Kupsch, W. O. (Walter Oscar), 1919-
Lehman, Ellen J., 1944- donor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 17956
Call No.: ID CAN; ID:93-B1212
Status: Available