The use of light aircraft in support of field activities in high Arctic latitudes

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Moore, Terris
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1959
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Canada; Eureka; Moose Factory; Fort Conger; Bellot Strait; Cape Columbia; Baker Lake; Moose; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400066365; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400066365

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...