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Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest
within the historical research community, attracting the attention
of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War,
and environmental history. The Arctic-recognized as a frontier of
confrontation between the superpowers, and consequently central to
the Cold War-has also attracted much attention. This edited
collection speaks to this dual interest by providing innovative and
authoritative analyses of the history of Arctic science during the
Cold War.
Science during the Cold War has become a matter of lively interest
within the historical research community, attracting the attention
of scholars concerned with the history of science, the Cold War,
and environmental history. The Arctic-recognized as a frontier of
confrontation between the superpowers, and consequently central to
the Cold War-has also attracted much attention. This edited
collection speaks to this dual interest by providing innovative and
authoritative analyses of the history of Arctic science during the
Cold War.
Plusieurs croient que le 1er juillet 1867 represente la date de la
Confederation canadienne, le jour de la creation du nouveau pays.
Mais le processus ne faisait que s'amorcer en 1867. Du petit
dominion aux frontiAres restreintes, le pays est devenu une
federation beaucoup plus grande, avec dix provinces, trois
territoires, et des centaines de communautes autochtones. Les
politiciens ont longtemps debattu le concept de pays; ils ont bien
pese les avantages et les inconvenients d'une adhesion A la
Confederation canadienne. La Confederation, 1864-1999 regroupe
plusieurs historiens influents du Canada qui etudient comment les
provinces, les territoires, ainsi que les regions sujettes aux
Traites ont pris leurs formes actuelles. En partenariat avec Les
Debats de la Confederation, un projet de production participative
non-partisan et sans but lucratif visant A numeriser les documents
fondateurs du Canada, ce livre innove; il integre les traites entre
les peuples autochtones et la Couronne pour mettre en lumiere la
creation et l'expansion de la Confederation canadienne. Ce faisant,
le livre revele l'histoire tumultueuse, complexe et evolutive de
chaque province et territoire.
July 1st 1867 is celebrated as Canada's Confederation - the date
that Canada became a country. But 1867 was only the beginning. As
the country grew from a small dominion to a vast federation
encompassing ten provinces, three territories, and hundreds of
First Nations, its leaders repeatedly debated Canada's purpose, and
the benefits and drawbacks of the choice to be Canadian.
Reconsidering Confederation brings together Canada's leading
historians to explore how the provinces, territories, and Treaty
areas became the political frameworks we know today. In partnership
with The Confederation Debates, an ongoing crowdsourced,
non-partisan, and non-profit initiative to digitize all of Canada's
founding colonial and federal records, this book breaks new ground
by integrating the treaties between Indigenous peoples and the
Crown into our understanding of Confederation. Rigorously
researched and eminently readable, this book traces the unique
paths that each province and territory took on their journey to
Confederation. It shows the roots of regional and cultural
grievances, as vital and controversial in early debates as they are
today. Reconsidering Confederation tells the sometimes rocky,
complex, and ongoing story of how Canada has become Canada.
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.
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.
In Two Years Below the Horn, engineer Andrew Taylor vividly
recounts his experiences and accomplishments during Operation
Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish
sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. When
mental strain led the operation's first commander to resign,
Taylor- a military engineer with extensive prewar surveying
experience-became the first and only Canadian to lead an Antarctic
expedition. As Commander of the operation, Taylor oversaw
construction of the first permanent base on the Antarctic continent
at Hope Bay. From there, he led four-man teams on two epic sledging
journeys around James Ross Island, overcoming arduous conditions
and correcting cartographic mistakes made by previous explorers.
The editors' detailed afterword draws on Taylor's extensive
personal papers to highlight Taylor's achievements and document his
significant contributions to polar science.This book will appeal to
readers interested in history of polar exploration, science and
sovereignty. It also sheds light on the little-known contribution
of a Canadian to a distant theatre of the Second World War. The
wartime service of Major Taylor reveals important new details about
a groundbreaking operation that laid the foundation for the British
Antarctic Survey and marked a critical moment in the transition
from the heroic to the modern scientific era in polar exploration.
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