The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922
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 demonstr...
Published in: | Polar Record |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
2009
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15611 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408007924 |
id |
ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:15611 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftcarletonunivir:oai:carleton.ca:15611 2023-05-15T14:52:46+02:00 The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 Cavell, J. (Janice) Noakes, J. (Jeff) 2009-07-08 https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15611 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408007924 en eng https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15611 doi:10.1017/S0032247408007924 Polar Record vol. 45 no. 2, pp. 97-112 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2009 ftcarletonunivir https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408007924 2022-02-06T21:50:48Z 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 Carleton University's Institutional Repository 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 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Carleton University's Institutional Repository |
op_collection_id |
ftcarletonunivir |
language |
English |
description |
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. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Cavell, J. (Janice) Noakes, J. (Jeff) |
spellingShingle |
Cavell, J. (Janice) Noakes, J. (Jeff) The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
author_facet |
Cavell, J. (Janice) Noakes, J. (Jeff) |
author_sort |
Cavell, J. (Janice) |
title |
The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
title_short |
The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
title_full |
The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
title_fullStr |
The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
title_full_unstemmed |
The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919-1922 |
title_sort |
origins of canada's first eastern arctic patrol, 1919-1922 |
publishDate |
2009 |
url |
https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15611 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408007924 |
long_lat |
ENVELOPE(-64.084,-64.084,-65.248,-65.248) ENVELOPE(-62.417,-62.417,-69.467,-69.467) |
geographic |
Arctic Ellesmere Island Rasmussen Stefansson |
geographic_facet |
Arctic Ellesmere Island Rasmussen Stefansson |
genre |
Arctic Ellesmere Island Polar Record |
genre_facet |
Arctic Ellesmere Island Polar Record |
op_source |
Polar Record vol. 45 no. 2, pp. 97-112 |
op_relation |
https://ir.library.carleton.ca/pub/15611 doi:10.1017/S0032247408007924 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247408007924 |
container_title |
Polar Record |
container_volume |
45 |
container_issue |
2 |
container_start_page |
97 |
op_container_end_page |
112 |
_version_ |
1766324075863474176 |