The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes
During the summer of 1956 W. W. Phipps flew a Piper Super-Cub aircraft solo from Pelley Lake to Eureka, and there carried out a series of local flights in Ellesmere Island on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada. The aircraft was equipped with standard tandem wheel undercarriage. Carrying one...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400066365 2024-03-03T08:42:01+00:00 The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes Moore, Terris 1959 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400066365 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400066365 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 9, issue 62, page 417-420 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1959 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400066365 2024-02-08T08:48:30Z During the summer of 1956 W. W. Phipps flew a Piper Super-Cub aircraft solo from Pelley Lake to Eureka, and there carried out a series of local flights in Ellesmere Island on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada. The aircraft was equipped with standard tandem wheel undercarriage. Carrying one passenger, Phipps landed at Fort Conger, Alert and Cape Columbia. The round trip from Pelley Lake took 11 days covering a distance of 4500 miles in fifty flying hours. On 25 July 1958 the writer left Ottawa with a float-equipped Piper Super-Cub to fly to Eureka. Overnight stops were made at Moose Factory, Severn, Churchill (two nights on account of low cloud), an unnamed lake 50 miles short of Baker Lake, Baker Lake itself (because of strong N.W. winds), an unnamed pond 10 miles south-west of Bellot Strait, and at Resolute. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Baker Lake Bellot Strait Cape Columbia Ellesmere Island Moose Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Ellesmere Island Canada Eureka ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) Moose Factory ENVELOPE(-80.616,-80.616,51.267,51.267) Fort Conger ENVELOPE(-64.742,-64.742,81.752,81.752) Bellot Strait ENVELOPE(-94.806,-94.806,71.994,71.994) Cape Columbia ENVELOPE(-69.946,-69.946,83.114,83.114) Polar Record 9 62 417 420 |
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During the summer of 1956 W. W. Phipps flew a Piper Super-Cub aircraft solo from Pelley Lake to Eureka, and there carried out a series of local flights in Ellesmere Island on behalf of the National Film Board of Canada. The aircraft was equipped with standard tandem wheel undercarriage. Carrying one passenger, Phipps landed at Fort Conger, Alert and Cape Columbia. The round trip from Pelley Lake took 11 days covering a distance of 4500 miles in fifty flying hours. On 25 July 1958 the writer left Ottawa with a float-equipped Piper Super-Cub to fly to Eureka. Overnight stops were made at Moose Factory, Severn, Churchill (two nights on account of low cloud), an unnamed lake 50 miles short of Baker Lake, Baker Lake itself (because of strong N.W. winds), an unnamed pond 10 miles south-west of Bellot Strait, and at Resolute. |
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The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes |
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The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes |
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The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes |
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The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes |
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The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes |
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use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high arctic latitudes |
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ENVELOPE(-85.940,-85.940,79.990,79.990) ENVELOPE(-80.616,-80.616,51.267,51.267) ENVELOPE(-64.742,-64.742,81.752,81.752) ENVELOPE(-94.806,-94.806,71.994,71.994) ENVELOPE(-69.946,-69.946,83.114,83.114) |
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