Further evidence and reflections on Joseph Elzéar Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sovereignty claims
ABSTRACT Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadia...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247411000787 2024-03-03T08:41:59+00:00 Further evidence and reflections on Joseph Elzéar Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sovereignty claims Cavell, Janice 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000787 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247411000787 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 49, issue 4, page 406-408 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2012 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247411000787 2024-02-08T08:39:51Z ABSTRACT Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadian government officials in the 1920s were both shrewd and accurate in their assessment of Bernier's pretensions. This note focuses on the views of civil servant Oswald Sterling Finnie, as recorded in previously unexamined government documents. In the years following Bernier's retirement from government service in 1925, the explorer embarked on a campaign to win the place in history he felt he deserved, only to be thwarted by Finnie and his colleagues. The note also clarifies the differences between Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sector claims and the official sector claim made in 1925. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 49 4 406 408 |
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ABSTRACT Few aspects of Canada's Arctic sovereignty claims have been more misunderstood than the sector theory, which many writers believe originated with and was put forward on Canada's behalf (whether officially or unofficially) by explorer Joseph Elzéar Bernier. However, several Canadian government officials in the 1920s were both shrewd and accurate in their assessment of Bernier's pretensions. This note focuses on the views of civil servant Oswald Sterling Finnie, as recorded in previously unexamined government documents. In the years following Bernier's retirement from government service in 1925, the explorer embarked on a campaign to win the place in history he felt he deserved, only to be thwarted by Finnie and his colleagues. The note also clarifies the differences between Bernier's 1907 and 1909 sector claims and the official sector claim made in 1925. |
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