An overview of the early days of the Polar Continental Shelf Project, the science logistic support project for scientists working in the Canadian Arctic

1. “we can assert our presence in the Arctic
Islands with scientists, they work hard and
are inexpensive” (A federal DM)
…or how to claim sovereignty on the cheap
…ou la souvereineté à bon marché!

2. Dr. E.F. (Fred) Roots
1st Director PCSP
1er
Directeur de l’EPCP

5. Resolute 1959

7. Air strip
Isachsen

8. Isachsen 1959

12. Frank Hunt
pre-eminent surveyor.
Don Smith (gravity)
Adam Kerr (hydrography)
Frank Hunt
Cape Isachsen
Ellef Ringnes Island

13. DECCA Navigation System

14. Raising a “DECCA Master mast
1959 SE of Isachsen
“The tallest man-made structure
in the Canadian Arctic!”

15. Doug Granger and DS at a Decca site

16. The idiot machine!
The Rat!

19. DS and Dick Moskal

23. Louise Fjord, June 25 1959
Dick Moskal, Don Smith, René Bataille & Denis

24. Beaufort Formation N of Louise Fjord

25. Wade Reinhardt and Don Smith

26. Vic Lalonde building
a dam to measure flow
on a small stream north
of Isachsen.

27. Dr. Art Collin in charge of field operations 1960 and Denis St-Onge

28. All around nice guy

29. An EXPANDED Vision

31. Some elements of the landscape of Ellef Ringnes
A CUESTA

32. Hogback

33. Sandstone pillars

35. Adam and Eve

36. He mistook a man in a sleeping bag for a seal!

37. The “Tuk” base

38. Polar Shelf Eureka, Ellesmere Island

44. Some old (?) timers:
Frank Hunt, Chris Barmig, Denis St-Onge, George Hobson & Fred Roots

45. 1959
So little
change!
Merci
Thank you
Nah ko rhami