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“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!
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An overview of the early days of the Polar Continental Shelf Project, the science logistic support project for scientists working in the Canadian Arctic
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“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
