Tolerant allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada–United States relations in the Cold War Arctic
From 1947–1972, the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS) program transformed Canada’s High Arctic. This article focuses on Canada’s aspirations to “Canadianize” the joint program from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Both Canada and the United States questioned the extent and form of American invol...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/0020702020977352 2024-06-16T07:36:44+00:00 Tolerant allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada–United States relations in the Cold War Arctic Lackenbauer, P. Whitney Canada Research Chairs Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020702020977352 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0020702020977352 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/0020702020977352 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis volume 75, issue 4, page 487-502 ISSN 0020-7020 2052-465X journal-article 2020 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/0020702020977352 2024-05-19T13:05:54Z From 1947–1972, the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS) program transformed Canada’s High Arctic. This article focuses on Canada’s aspirations to “Canadianize” the joint program from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Both Canada and the United States questioned the extent and form of American involvement in the JAWS program intermittently over 25 years of joint operations. Was Canadianization of these remote weather stations necessary or practical? This article concludes that, in retrospect, the conventional, dominant narrative that emphasizes the ongoing American threat to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty seems misplaced with respect to the JAWS story. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic SAGE Publications Arctic Canada International Journal: Canada's Journal of Global Policy Analysis 75 4 487 502 |
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From 1947–1972, the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS) program transformed Canada’s High Arctic. This article focuses on Canada’s aspirations to “Canadianize” the joint program from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Both Canada and the United States questioned the extent and form of American involvement in the JAWS program intermittently over 25 years of joint operations. Was Canadianization of these remote weather stations necessary or practical? This article concludes that, in retrospect, the conventional, dominant narrative that emphasizes the ongoing American threat to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty seems misplaced with respect to the JAWS story. |
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Tolerant allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada–United States relations in the Cold War Arctic |
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Tolerant allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada–United States relations in the Cold War Arctic |
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Tolerant allies: The Joint Arctic Weather Stations, Canadianization, and Canada–United States relations in the Cold War Arctic |
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