Harold Victor Serson (1926-1992)
. Harold first went to the Arctic in 1944 as a Hudson's Bay Company seaman aboard the Nascopie. Thus began a lifelong association with the Arctic. In 1945 he joined the Department of Transport as a radiosonde technician. In 1947 he transferred to the Defence Research Board (DRB) Radio Propagati...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64463 2023-05-15T14:19:12+02:00 Harold Victor Serson (1926-1992) Jeffries, Martin O. 1992-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64463 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64463/48398 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64463 ARCTIC; Vol. 45 No. 3 (1992): September: 211–326; 323-324 1923-1245 0004-0843 Auroras Biographies Civil servants Glaciology Ice shelves Ionosphere Logistics Movement Oceanography Radar Radio Research Research stations Scientists Sea ice Serson Harold Victor 1926-1992 Telecommunication Baffin Bay-Davis Strait Canadian Arctic Islands waters Nunavut info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion obituary 1992 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:38Z . Harold first went to the Arctic in 1944 as a Hudson's Bay Company seaman aboard the Nascopie. Thus began a lifelong association with the Arctic. In 1945 he joined the Department of Transport as a radiosonde technician. In 1947 he transferred to the Defence Research Board (DRB) Radio Propagation Laboratory and was one of the first people to winter-over at the newly established joint Canada-U.S.A. weather station at Resolute Bay. Subsequently, he became involved in ionospheric research at the DRB Radio Physics Laboratory, the Prince Alberta Radar Laboratory and the Telecommunications Establishment. As a technician and later technical officer he coauthored a number of papers on radio propagation in the auroral zone. In 1961, Harold was asked to investigate the abandoned Soviet drifting station NP-7, then located in Baffin Bay. That experience led to a meeting with Dr. G. Hattersley-Smith, of the DRB Directorate of Physical Research, and a significant career change. Harold began working in High Arctic oceanography and glaciology and quickly established a reputation in remote arctic science operations and logistics. . In 1981 he retired from government service. However, he was not the type of person who could ever properly retire and turn his back on his beloved Arctic, as I was fortunate enough to soon learn. I was privileged to be able to work with Harold throughout the 1980s, . I shall always remember the experiences we had together and will always be indebted to Harold for his friendship and the knowledge he passed on to me. . He was modest about his achievements, never expected any reward other than thanks, and never sought any honours. In 1988 he was elected a Fellow of AINA in recognition of his significant contributions to High Arctic research. This was the least that could be done for someone who served Canadian arctic science with quiet dedication for almost five decades. Harold will be missed but, I hope, not forgotten. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Baffin Bay Baffin Bay Baffin Davis Strait Ice Shelves Nunavut Resolute Bay Sea ice University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Baffin Bay Canada Hattersley-Smith ENVELOPE(-61.030,-61.030,-71.852,-71.852) Nunavut Resolute Bay ENVELOPE(-94.842,-94.842,74.677,74.677) ARCTIC 45 3 |
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. Harold first went to the Arctic in 1944 as a Hudson's Bay Company seaman aboard the Nascopie. Thus began a lifelong association with the Arctic. In 1945 he joined the Department of Transport as a radiosonde technician. In 1947 he transferred to the Defence Research Board (DRB) Radio Propagation Laboratory and was one of the first people to winter-over at the newly established joint Canada-U.S.A. weather station at Resolute Bay. Subsequently, he became involved in ionospheric research at the DRB Radio Physics Laboratory, the Prince Alberta Radar Laboratory and the Telecommunications Establishment. As a technician and later technical officer he coauthored a number of papers on radio propagation in the auroral zone. In 1961, Harold was asked to investigate the abandoned Soviet drifting station NP-7, then located in Baffin Bay. That experience led to a meeting with Dr. G. Hattersley-Smith, of the DRB Directorate of Physical Research, and a significant career change. Harold began working in High Arctic oceanography and glaciology and quickly established a reputation in remote arctic science operations and logistics. . In 1981 he retired from government service. However, he was not the type of person who could ever properly retire and turn his back on his beloved Arctic, as I was fortunate enough to soon learn. I was privileged to be able to work with Harold throughout the 1980s, . I shall always remember the experiences we had together and will always be indebted to Harold for his friendship and the knowledge he passed on to me. . He was modest about his achievements, never expected any reward other than thanks, and never sought any honours. In 1988 he was elected a Fellow of AINA in recognition of his significant contributions to High Arctic research. This was the least that could be done for someone who served Canadian arctic science with quiet dedication for almost five decades. Harold will be missed but, I hope, not forgotten. |
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ARCTIC; Vol. 45 No. 3 (1992): September: 211–326; 323-324 1923-1245 0004-0843 |
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