“we can assert our presence in the Arctic Islands with scientists, they work hard and are inexpensive” (A federal DM)

…or how to claim sovereignty on the cheap

…ou la souvereineté à bon marché!

Dr. E.F. (Fred) Roots1st Director PCSP1er Directeur de l’EPCP

Resolute 1959

Air strip

Isachsen

Isachsen 1959

Frank Huntpre-eminent surveyor.

Don Smith (gravity)Adam Kerr (hydrography)Frank HuntCape Isachsen Ellef Ringnes Island

DECCA Navigation System

Raising a “DECCA Master mast1959 SE of Isachsen

“The tallest man-made structurein the Canadian Arctic!”

Doug Granger and DS at a Decca site

The idiot machine!

The Rat!

DS and Dick Moskal

Louise Fjord, June 25 1959 Dick Moskal, Don Smith, René Bataille & Denis

Beaufort Formation N of Louise Fjord

Wade Reinhardt and Don Smith

Vic Lalonde buildinga dam to measure flowon a small stream northof Isachsen.

Dr. Art Collin in charge of field operations 1960 and Denis St-Onge

All around nice guy

An EXPANDED Vision

Some elements of the landscape of Ellef Ringnes

A CUESTA

Hogback

Sandstone pillars

Adam and Eve

He mistook a man in a sleeping bag for a seal!

The “Tuk” base

Polar Shelf Eureka, Ellesmere Island

Some old (?) timers:Frank Hunt, Chris Barmig, Denis St-Onge, George Hobson & Fred Roots

1959So littlechange!

MerciThank youNah ko rhami