The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922
ABSTRACT It is widely believed among historians that in 1920, the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and the Danish government challenged Canada's sovereignty over Ellesmere Island. This paper draws on a wide range of Canadian and British government files and private papers to contest this view. It...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247408007924 2024-03-03T08:41:34+00:00 The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 Cavell, Janice Noakes, Jeff 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408007924 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247408007924 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 45, issue 2, page 97-112 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247408007924 2024-02-08T08:27:24Z ABSTRACT It is widely believed among historians that in 1920, the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and the Danish government challenged Canada's sovereignty over Ellesmere Island. This paper draws on a wide range of Canadian and British government files and private papers to contest this view. It demonstrates that Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and others in Ottawa were initially convinced by Vilhjalmur Stefansson that Denmark harboured territorial ambitions in the north, but most realised in the spring of 1921 that they had been mistaken. However, one civil servant, J. B. Harkin, stubbornly maintained his belief in the Danish threat. After Mackenzie King's Liberals came to power, Harkin was able to obtain a hearing for his views. It was largely due to Harkin's persistence that the first Eastern Arctic Patrol went north in 1922. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Ellesmere Island Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Ellesmere Island Rasmussen ENVELOPE(-64.084,-64.084,-65.248,-65.248) Stefansson ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-69.467,-69.467) Polar Record 45 2 97 112 |
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ABSTRACT It is widely believed among historians that in 1920, the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and the Danish government challenged Canada's sovereignty over Ellesmere Island. This paper draws on a wide range of Canadian and British government files and private papers to contest this view. It demonstrates that Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and others in Ottawa were initially convinced by Vilhjalmur Stefansson that Denmark harboured territorial ambitions in the north, but most realised in the spring of 1921 that they had been mistaken. However, one civil servant, J. B. Harkin, stubbornly maintained his belief in the Danish threat. After Mackenzie King's Liberals came to power, Harkin was able to obtain a hearing for his views. It was largely due to Harkin's persistence that the first Eastern Arctic Patrol went north in 1922. |
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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 |
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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 |
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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 |
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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 |
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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922 |
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