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VOL. XI No.1
THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR
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Committee Members
Mr. Harvey Blandford
Mr. J. Cantley
Mr. E.A. Cote
Miss Moira Dunbar
W IC K.R. Greenaway, R.C.A.F.
GIC K.C. Maclure, R.C.A.F.
Mr. T .H. Manning
Mr. D.G. McCartney
Mr. A.D. McLean
Mr. A. Stevenson
Mr. Fraser Symington
Mr. J.S, Tener
Dr, R. Thorsteinsson
Mr. J. Wyatt
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Operation Hazen 1957 . By R.L. Christie
In 1957 the Defence Research Board organized an
expedition to northern Ellesmere Island, known as Operation
Hazen. This continuing programme formed part cf Canada's
contribution to the hternational Geophysical Year 1957-8.
Detailed glaciological, geophysical, and climatological studies
were made on the ice cap of the United States Ral)-ge. north of
Lake Hazen, and geological and limnological studies were carried
out from the base camp at Lake Hazen. Participating and assisting
organizations included the R.C.A.F., Canadian Army, U.S. Coast
Guard, Geological Survey of Canada, McGill University, and the
University of Toronto.
There were eight scientists on the expedition: Dr.
Geoffrey Hattersley-Smith of the Defence Research Board, leader
and glaciologist; Dr. Fraser Grant of the University of Toronto,
geophysicist; Mr. James Lotz of McGill University, meteorologist;
Mr. Keith Arnold of Ottawa, surveyor; Dr. Roger Deane of the
University of Toronto, Pleistocene geology and sedimentation
studies; Messrs. John Filo and Helmuth Sandstrom of the University
of Toronto, geophysical assistants; and Mr. Robert Christie of the
Geological Survey of Canada. geologist.
Two Greenland dog teams of ten dogs each, and komatiks,
were obtained through the courtesy of the Greenland Department and of
1. Published with the permission of the Director, Geological Survey
of Canada, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa,
and of the Chairman, Defence Research Board, Department of
National Defence, Ottawa
2. Geologist, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa.