The joint Arctic weather stations : : science and sovereignty in the high Arctic, 1946-1972 / / Daniel Heidt, P. Whitney Lackenbauer.

• Superior document: Northern lights series
• VerfasserIn: Heidt, Daniel, 1985-; Lackenbauer, P. Whitney,
• TeilnehmendeR: Lackenbauer, P. Whitney,
• Place / Publishing House: Calgary, Alberta : : University of Calgary Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Northern lights series (Calgary, Alta.)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (602 pages)

This is the first systematic account of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS), a collaborative science program between Canada and the United States that created a distinctive state presence in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 1946-1972. These five meteorological stations, constructed at Eureka, Resolute, Isachsen, Mould Bay, and Alert, became remote hubs for science and sovereignty, revealing the possibilities and limits of modernity in the High Arctic. Drawing on extensive archival evidence, unpublished personal memoirs, and interviews with former JAWS personnel, this book systematically analyzes the diplomatic, scientific, social, environmental, and civil-military dimensions of this binational program. From the corridors of power in Washington and Ottawa to everyday life at the small outposts, The Joint Arctic Weather Stations explores delicate statecraft, changing scientific practices, as well as the distinctive station cultures that emerged as humans coped with isolation in polar environments.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- The State: Looking Down on JAWS -- Experiencing JAWS: Views from Below -- Overview of the Book -- 1 | Background: The Long Build-Up -- Meteorology as Science in Nineteenth-Century North America -- Meteorology and Arctic Stations -- Weather, the Great War, and the Air Age -- The Second World War, Meteorology, and a New Northern Focus -- 2 | Negotiating JAWS, 1945-47 -- Finding Funding -- Canadian Concerns -- Sovereignty, Security, and Science -- Operation Nanook (1946) -- Compromise and Cooperation -- Reaching an Agreement -- 3 | Situating the First Stations, 1947-48 -- Slidre Fiord (Eureka Sound), Ellesmere Island, 80 15'N., 86 11'W. -- Task Force 68 Ventures North -- Resolute, Cornwallis Island, 74 70'N., 94 54'W. -- 4 | Finishing the Network, 1948-50 -- Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, 78 46'40' N., 103 31'40' W. -- Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, 76 14'16'N., 119 20'28'W. -- Resupplying the Stations: The Trials of Task Force 80 -- Early Life at the Stations -- Adapting to the Environment -- Canadian Capabilities, Sovereignty, and the Resupply Missions of 1949-50 -- Alert, Ellesmere Island, 82 30'06'N., 62 19'47'W. -- 5 | Who Did the Stations Need… and Who Did TheyGet? -- Incentives, Positions, and Recruitment -- Training -- Sovereignty Concerns -- Who had the "Right Stuff"? -- Getting There -- 6 | Science at the Stations -- The Meteorological Program -- Surface Observations -- Upper Air Observations -- Additional Scientific Observations at the Joint Arctic Weather Stations -- Science Hubs -- Scientific Cultures -- 7 | The Seasonal Cycle -- Emerging from Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter -- 8 | Getting Along at the Top of the World -- Keeping Busy.

Breaking Up the Monotony -- Animals -- Food -- Alcohol and Drugs -- Sexuality -- Coping with Isolation -- Leadership -- Shared Command and Canadian Sovereignty -- 9 | Canadianization: Getting Out of Joint? -- Conceptualizing Canadianization: Breaking the Ice -- The Stations, the DEW Line, and the 'Delicate Balance of Manpowerin the Northern Arctic' -- The High Arctic Relocations of Inuit: A Form of Canadianization? -- Last Call for Canadianization -- The End of a Bilateral Partnership -- Conclusions -- JAWS and Cold War Imperialism, Sovereignty, and Militarization -- Scientific Colonies? -- Stations as Spaces and Places of Everyday Scientific Life -- From JAWS to HAWS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- Back Cover.