“Too Late For Action.” A.G. Huntsman, M.L. Fernald and the Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923

A. G. Huntsman’s Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923, the first oceanographic expedition organized by a Canadian, was modeled on the Canadian Fisheries Expedition of 1915, in which Huntsman had been a junior partner to the Norwegian fishery biologist Johan Hjort. Examination of Huntsman’s documents...

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Published in:Scientia Canadensis
Main Author: Eric L. Mills
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spelling fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::e4cd5970ad63e1532668f22c0855c75d 2023-05-15T16:00:44+02:00 “Too Late For Action.” A.G. Huntsman, M.L. Fernald and the Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923 Eric L. Mills 2020-09-22 http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar.pdf https://doi.org/10.7202/1071265ar https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/3087782665 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1071265ar undefined unknown Consortium Erudit http://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar.pdf https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1071265ar https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/scientia/2020-v42-n1-scientia05473/1071265ar/ https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/3087782665 https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1071265ar undefined 10.7202/1071265ar 3087782665 oai:erudit.org:1071265ar 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|issn___print::370f5c66902b69a07c9e0bcf3af46885 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|opendoar____::16e6a3326dd7d868cbc926602a61e4d0 General Medicine Sciences Humaines et Sociales Social Sciences and Humanities Strait of Belle Isle Newfoundland & Labrador fisheries botany A.G. Huntsman M.L. Fernald info socio Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2020 fttriple https://doi.org/10.7202/1071265ar 2023-01-22T17:21:53Z A. G. Huntsman’s Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923, the first oceanographic expedition organized by a Canadian, was modeled on the Canadian Fisheries Expedition of 1915, in which Huntsman had been a junior partner to the Norwegian fishery biologist Johan Hjort. Examination of Huntsman’s documents shows that the 1923 expedition had more than one aim. For example, Huntsman hoped that one of the participants would be M.L. Fernald, a botanist from Harvard University. Although Fernald did not take part, his reason for interest in the expedition was to document his hypothesis that the flora of northeastern North America had spread along an emergent borderland after the last glaciation or had remained in unglaciated areas. Huntsman’s aims were less transparent, but in addition to the oceanography they appear to be early steps in developing his concept of biapocrisis, the response of organisms as a whole to their individual environments, in which his collection of land plants during the expedition could play a part. L’expédition d’A. G. Huntsman dans le détroit de Belle Isle en 1923 constitue la première expédition océanographique organisée par un Canadien. Celle-ci s’inspire de l’Expédition canadienne de recherche sur les pêches de 1915, qui avait eu lieu alors que Huntsman était l’associé de Johan Hjort, un biologiste norvégien. L’examen des documents de Huntsman révèle que l’expédition de 1923 avait plusieurs objectifs. Huntsman espérait notamment que M. L. Fernald, un botaniste de l’Université Harvard, y participe. Bien que ce dernier n’ait pas pris part à l’expédition, il s’y est intéressé afin de documenter la trajectoire de la flore du nord-est de l’Amérique du Nord. Se serait-elle répandue le long d’une bande de terre ayant émergé après la dernière glaciation ou serait-elle demeurée dans des zones non englacées? Les objectifs de Huntsman étaient moins clairs; au-delà des travaux océanographiques, il en était aux premiers stades de l’élaboration du concept de biapocrisis, qualifiant la réaction des ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Détroit de Belle Isle Newfoundland Strait of Belle Isle Unknown Newfoundland Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Strait of Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) Détroit de Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-57.115,-57.115,51.400,51.400) Scientia Canadensis 42 1 75 95
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Sciences Humaines et Sociales
Social Sciences and Humanities
Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland & Labrador
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botany
A.G. Huntsman
M.L. Fernald
info
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Strait of Belle Isle
Newfoundland & Labrador
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M.L. Fernald
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“Too Late For Action.” A.G. Huntsman, M.L. Fernald and the Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923
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description A. G. Huntsman’s Belle Isle Strait Expedition of 1923, the first oceanographic expedition organized by a Canadian, was modeled on the Canadian Fisheries Expedition of 1915, in which Huntsman had been a junior partner to the Norwegian fishery biologist Johan Hjort. Examination of Huntsman’s documents shows that the 1923 expedition had more than one aim. For example, Huntsman hoped that one of the participants would be M.L. Fernald, a botanist from Harvard University. Although Fernald did not take part, his reason for interest in the expedition was to document his hypothesis that the flora of northeastern North America had spread along an emergent borderland after the last glaciation or had remained in unglaciated areas. Huntsman’s aims were less transparent, but in addition to the oceanography they appear to be early steps in developing his concept of biapocrisis, the response of organisms as a whole to their individual environments, in which his collection of land plants during the expedition could play a part. L’expédition d’A. G. Huntsman dans le détroit de Belle Isle en 1923 constitue la première expédition océanographique organisée par un Canadien. Celle-ci s’inspire de l’Expédition canadienne de recherche sur les pêches de 1915, qui avait eu lieu alors que Huntsman était l’associé de Johan Hjort, un biologiste norvégien. L’examen des documents de Huntsman révèle que l’expédition de 1923 avait plusieurs objectifs. Huntsman espérait notamment que M. L. Fernald, un botaniste de l’Université Harvard, y participe. Bien que ce dernier n’ait pas pris part à l’expédition, il s’y est intéressé afin de documenter la trajectoire de la flore du nord-est de l’Amérique du Nord. Se serait-elle répandue le long d’une bande de terre ayant émergé après la dernière glaciation ou serait-elle demeurée dans des zones non englacées? Les objectifs de Huntsman étaient moins clairs; au-delà des travaux océanographiques, il en était aux premiers stades de l’élaboration du concept de biapocrisis, qualifiant la réaction des ...
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