Volume 4, 1951 - The Arctic Circle - Home

The Royal Canadian Na\7 has acquired three RTL 4
Bell helicopters for northern work. These helicopters, the
first to be employed by the R.C.N., will be based at the
naval air station, Roll.C.S. Shearwater, at Dartmouth, NoSc
until the R.C.N. ts new icebreaker is completed (see Arctic
Circular, Vol. 2 (1949) pp. 10-11). The helicopters-ar~
intended for use aboard this vessel and will also be employed
in the training of helicopter pilots and maintenance crewso
They will be fitted with ski-type landing gear adaptable to
any terrain until they are e:n.barlŒdin the icebrealœr, when
they will be equipped with floats to enable them to land on
water or on land.
The First Ale,skan SeiC~l(;eCc,::,f'er:'!F'3 vras helcl in
l
Washington frO:l 9 to 11 l!OV2w~-~'cr1950, T:~e éonference was
so successful that it "vas :'0 ·'jor:'uencled the.t 8.:1othershould
be held the following year, and if possib:e t~at it should
take place in Alaska 0 The Second Alaske,n SC:~8nce Confer.ence
was held in :Mount N:cKinley Natio;:lalPark fram 4 to 8 Septèmber
1951. Owing to the support of the Aretie Circle and of the
Arctic Institute of North l\!1'.erieJ. it was possible for the
Editor ta attend this conference. Over two hundred scientists
were present, the majarity of whom had been carrying out field
work in Alaska during the summer season. ln order to allow as
many speakers as possible most of the papers read were brief
and were mainly accounts of recent research rather than of
worked up resultso A full day~s field trip to see Mount
McKinley provided a splenclid opportunity to observe the wildlife
and flora of the park. The Conference was an exceptionally
good meeting place as all members were housed in one hotel~ the
Mount McKinley Park Rotel of the Department of the Interior;
or in railway cars attached to the hotel. The Editor feels
that the experience was most valuable to her and wishes to
record her grateful thanks to the Arctic Circle~
Reorganization of Rudsonfs Bay Company posts
ln 1951 the Hudson's Bay Company formed a new Central
Arctic Section. This lncludes seven posts, of which aIl but
Southampton Island were formerly ln the Nelson River Section.
M~. P .A.C. Nic ;'S'f~Manager o~ the Western Aret i~ .Section, .
vnll also man. ' nev~ seat :'O~l. Tb.e tb.ree sec iJ lons deallng
most closely~ e Eskimo are the Wectsrn Jœctic, the new