VOL. XXVI N0. 4 Cover Picture: All Around the <strong>Circle</strong> THE ARCTIC CIRCULAR Publ ished by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Arctic</strong> C'ircl e 0ttauia, Canada CONTENTS Peary's Huts at Fort Conger, Discovery llarbour, northern Ellesmere Island; from the sl
MEETI i'IG S ALL ARO.JND THE CIRCLE 245th 10 October 7978: <strong>The</strong> first meeting of the 1978/79 season was addressed @heGeologica1SuiveyofCanada.Histopicwas.'0peration Morning Light: <strong>The</strong> Search for Cosnns 954", wh'ich dea'lt with the search for fragments of the nuc'lear poutered Soviet satellite which disinteqrated on reentry to the earth's atrosphere scattering radioact'ive debris oier a large area of the<strong>Arctic</strong>. Dr. Grasty is well qualified to discuss this top'ic since he was the first Cartadian scient'ist f]own to Ednnnton for the search operation. Apart from his active participation in the search, he was also responsible for ten years with the Geo'logical Survey of Canada in airborne measurement of radjoactivi ty. 246th 27 0ctober 7978: Mr. Rjchard S. Finnje addressed a Special Meetinq on the last tr,rro voyages of Captain Joseph-El zear Bernier, jn 1924 and 7925, when I'lr. Finnie served as a rad'io operator on board Bernier's ship the C.G.S. Arctjc. Captajn Bernier was born into a sea-faring family in the Province of Quebec, and spent much of his life at sea, from the age of 12 on. Included jn thjs were twelve voyages of exploratjon to the Canadian <strong>Arctic</strong> Archipelago for the Canadian Government. Captain Bernier was in'large measure responsible for asserting Canad'ian Sovereignty over the <strong>Arctic</strong> islands, anC in awakening'bhe Canadian Government and publ ic to their importance. Mr. Richard S. Finnie, was born in Dalson City, and has himself trave'lled extensively in the Canadian <strong>Arctic</strong>. In fact he has r^orked al I over the urorld as an explorer, and is an outstanding documentary film rnaker, v,rriter and lecturer. Included in the illustrat'ion to hjs lectureherea number of photographs which have never yei been publ ished. ?47th 14 lioqember 1978: Dr. Paul H. Serson spoke on "<strong>The</strong> i{orth Magnetic Pol e ". sityofToronto,Dr.Sersonhasdevoteda1arcepart of his career to various aspects of geomagnetism, from the development of new instruments to p'ioneering new methods of measurement on'land and in the air. 248th 22 ltbvember 1978: Dr. O]av Gjaerevol'l spoke to a special joint r,neeting theNordicSocietyon''<strong>The</strong>GeorroliticaiSituationin Spitzbergen". Dr. Gjaerevol1, a botanist of internatjonal note, is pres'ident of ihe Univensity of Trondheim, i\,lormy, and a de'legate of his country to the United I'lations. As vrel I as being a distinguished scient'ist and un jversity administrator, Dr. Gjaerevoll, has been very active in politics, and has held several n'inisterial positions in the I'lorwegian Government, most recently that of Minister of the Environment. Dr. Gjaerevoll js no stranger to Canada and 0ttava, nor to the <strong>Arctic</strong> <strong>Circle</strong> to which he was introduced by the late Dr. Erling Porsjld. He spoke to the Arct'ic <strong>Circle</strong> and the i'lordic Society on another occasion, about ten years ago. 249th 12 December 1978: Dr. Frank T. Davies spoke on "<strong>The</strong> Canadian Second Folar Year Expedition to iludson Bay 1932-33". Wh'ile i dentical in tjtle to a well received presentation to the 0ntario Science Council this autumn, 95
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