The joint Arctic weather stations : : science and sovereignty in the high Arctic, 1946-1972 /

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

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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 Eurek...

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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)
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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.

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