Volume 8, 1955 - The Arctic Circle - Home

VOL. Vln NO.4THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR81the~Clselves to conditions in the far north and make a living forthemselves by hunting and trapping.The projects are designed to be entirely self-contained.Each group has been placed under the supervision of the localR.C.M.P. detachment and has its own supplies sent in under aloan issued to a leading Eskimo in ea.ch group. The outcome hasbeen even more satisfactory than had been anticipated. TheEskimo have been able to obtain all the country food they need andsufficient fur and other produce to purchase their other requirementsfrom the native store. They have a.dapted themselves quickly tothe changed conciitions anci have requested the department to makearrangements to have some of their relatives transferred north.This was the second year that the Canadian Governmenthad undertaken the sea resupply of the joint arctic weather stations.Previously cargoes were tc.ken in by United States Navy and CoastGuard vessels. The C.G.S. C.D. Howe met the Supply Mission atResolute Bay to assist in carrying out this task, which was hinderedthis year, by adverse weather a.nd ice conditions.On the Patrol, Mr. W. Henderson was the Post OfficeDepartment's representative, and Stu.ff-Sergeant H. Kearney of"G" Division was the inspecting N.C.O. for the R.C.M.P.; inaddition Department of Transport radio and meteorologicalpersonnel and members of the R.C.M.P. on exchr.~ge were carriedas well as missionaries and members of the Hudson's Bay Company.Hope for the whooping cr~~In 1954 William A. Fuller, of the Ca.nadian Wildlife Service,following a report from a. helicopter pilot engaged in fire protectionin Wood Buffalo Park, had flown over the area and hadidentified a young whoopbg crane on the ground with its parents.It appeared likely that the pa.rk, which straddles the border betweenAlberta