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76 TI{E ARSIIC CIRCLE voLtME )o(vr, 1fl3.3 SPTEMBM. 1978 vxould enconrpass parb of the Gnant la.nd ltbr.ntains, inch-ding Ure highest peak in eastsrr |brth Anerican the ttrazen Plateau arxi the lbkka Fiord rplands. <strong>The</strong> area proposed as Canada's nost ncrthern park is dcrninated by ice and includes se'reral hr:ndred glaciers. It also features massive ie shelves that cling to tlre nOrthern c.oasto and is the only place ix tte northern honispLrere vfrere they rccw. Yet despite the se\rere cli-rnate, r,seII-raratered areas in sheltered poci
TIIE }{ATIANNI: RT\ZER OF WILDERNESS AI.ID IVIYSTERY* Headl-ess hnge, Furreral Range, Dea&ren VaJ-Iey - witi nanes like these identifying its lardnarks, t}re Sor:th Nahanrd River does nct seen like a plaoe wlrere one r,vould be welccne. Hcnr,rever, quite the opposite is tnre. When R.l{. Patterson, a prostrector, dared to set out on the river in searctr of pld in tlre Igzc_' s, rlErny warred him against 9oing, vrj-th acoornts of giant lburtain l"len ruho destroyed ar{/orn car.giht trespassing i.rr t}reir territory. ltre perils of the river ard the sedtrtiveness of those early tales of mysterlz ard rm:rden are ctr:onicled in his book, Ttre Dangoous River. Itbdern sciene has a way of dispellirg myths, br:t even today it is hard to tllirrJ< of the Nahanni as jr:st an untamed riraer. l4ystery and legerd keep creeping in -- tales of head"Iess prospectors fourd tied in a tree, of h.rsh blopical rralleys, arxl of IIDose d.isappearing into the sards of an alpire desert. SonEho!\r, despite the nodern focr:s on tle river's wild beauty, its scientific r:niqreress, its spectacular falls, the nanes associated with the l{ahanni recall ttre Iegerds of lears gone by. fbday the lard surrounding the Sorrtjr llahanni Rircr is a rntional park, a wilderness area considered so r:nique and beautiful as to be worttr protecting frcrn derreloSxent, ard presenring for the people of Canada for all tine. It was first suggested as a possible site for a park in tie early 196Os. fn tte late 6O's ard early 7O's, detailed sunreys by Parks Canada, strdies bV the Canadian Wildlife Senrice, ard research visits to scne of the nany caves in tlre region, onfirmed t]lat t]:e South Natranrd was an area of 'aried lardscapes, inportant wildlife popuJ.ations and unr:.suaI wilderness appeal. fn spite of scne rasistarne f:rcrn developrent ilterests, on Febnrnsl 22, 1972 AE lald around the Souttr Nalnnni River becare Canadars b,*enty-si:
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Yol xxYr no. I Morch r978
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MEETINGS ALL AROI.JND TIIE CIRtr,E
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TIIIRTIETII ANNNERSAFIT OF "TIIE AR
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The original intention l4z Lhe Car-
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available, but nrcre to tlp product
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These social problons will diminish
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In 1945, as tfie lrlbr in Eurcpe wa
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v,Jere fare-payingr a nonnal airlin
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SOI,IE TTNUGI{IS - AETB. TI{IRTY ]T
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Iv[T FIR^ST AROIIC VISIT Frark T. D
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DR. A.E. PORSITD - AN APPRECIATIO.T
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"Ferrlr Ccrmand". Indeed, 'War Belc
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e placed'in tl:e br:rial plot of tr
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NCRTTIMN GEOGRAPHICAL MMES RAPIDS A
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Iady EVeIyn FaILs: IGkisa River 5@
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NEW }ORTIIERN BOOI{S C,eraldine Per
Page 33 and 34: I\IATTJRAL HISTCIFIY I\IcITEETOcIK
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Page 37 and 38: fornral neeting hetd betr,veen the
Page 39 and 40: Polar C"anes in Whitehorse Nort lbn
Page 41 and 42: CPAC reording secretary Gordon ltro
Page 43 and 44: thqz reslnnded patiently and in lar
Page 45 and 46: IBTIOIqL AI\TIARCTTC CBfIRE A Natio
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Page 49 and 50: THE ESKII{O MUSEUM, CHURCHrrr,, MAN
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Page 53 and 54: NOF{ffiERN GEOGRAPHICAL MMES MALM^S
Page 55 and 56: THE ARCf,IC CIRCUIAR VOL. )o(/I No.
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Page 59 and 60: V*c1fram, @rry. Walk ilto wirter: a
Page 61 and 62: NASA SATELLITE TO TRACK }JOR|H POI,
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Page 65 and 66: GRADI.N,TE DIPI,OIA IN NORITIERN ST
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Page 73 and 74: CEC }IIJI\,S RELEASES TELE\ISfCIJ I
Page 75 and 76: TIM ARCTIC CIRCT]IAR Arctic cj-rcle
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Page 79 and 80: SD( AFTC WTI,DffiNESS ARM^S* In Jan
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Page 93 and 94: Auyuittuq National Park +bv Pat Sie
Page 95 and 96: Aqnrittuq has dravrn people fran rn
Page 97 and 98: * NORTHMN @OGRAPHTCAJ, MMES: VIMORI
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Page 101 and 102: The sled drirrer himself rarely had
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Page 107 and 108: MEETI i'IG S ALL ARO.JND THE CIRCLE
Page 109 and 110: Fle served as Adljn'istrator at Akl
Page 111 and 112: selection from the Yukon and t'lort
Page 113 and 114: ROYAL COI4MISSIOii ON THE iiORTHERN
Page 115 and 116: Chapter V The Inoacts of DeveloPmen
Page 117 and 118: of the Agreement-jn-Prjnciple provi
Page 119 and 120: fee simpl e ti tl e to tltese I and
Page 121 and 122: contdnplated with them. Anyone mo h
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Page 125 and 126: CcnnLittee, who is reoognized as an
Page 127 and 128: Departrrent of Information Resource
Page 129 and 130: the jobs are filled by Yukoners. "T
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