Kenneth C. Maclure, 1914-1988
On 24 March 1988 Canada lost one of its pioneer polar air navigators in the sudden death of Kenneth Maclure while vacationing with his wife Margaret (Blackmore) in Mexico. . In 1941, . Maclure proposed a grid system for measuring direction in high latitudes to overcome the problem created by the ext...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64782 2023-05-15T14:17:59+02:00 Kenneth C. Maclure, 1914-1988 Greenaway, Keith R. 1988-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64782 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64782/48696 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64782 ARCTIC; Vol. 41 No. 3 (1988): September: 167–259; 258-259 1923-1245 0004-0843 Maclure Kenneth C 1914-1988 Biographies Air navigation Military operations Acoustic radar Electromagnetic induction Hudson Bay Canadian Arctic Alaska North Pole info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion obituary 1988 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:59Z On 24 March 1988 Canada lost one of its pioneer polar air navigators in the sudden death of Kenneth Maclure while vacationing with his wife Margaret (Blackmore) in Mexico. . In 1941, . Maclure proposed a grid system for measuring direction in high latitudes to overcome the problem created by the extreme convergency of the meridians. . he was the first Canadian to reach the North Geographic Pole. Maclure's grid direction proposal was thoroughly tested and proved to be a simple technique for measuring direction on polar flights. . Maclure's grid was altered to further simplify navigation on high latitude flights originating from North America. [He participated in a number of scientific flights across the Canadian Arctic to Alaska including:] . the Ptarmigan weather flights by the USAF out of Alaska over the Arctic Ocean and Operation Cariberg, to study the migration of caribou from timberline to the barrens and to study the amount and state of ice in Hudson's Bay. . His work included acoustic and electromagnetic research in ice-filled waters, which necessitated many visits to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. . This quiet, modest Canadian, a major contributor to modern-day polar air navigation, will be greatly missed by his former associates and all who knew him. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Archipelago Arctic Arctic Archipelago Arctic Arctic Ocean Canadian Arctic Archipelago Hudson Bay North Pole Alaska University of Calgary Journal Hosting Arctic Arctic Ocean Canada Canadian Arctic Archipelago Hudson Hudson Bay North Pole ARCTIC 41 3 |
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On 24 March 1988 Canada lost one of its pioneer polar air navigators in the sudden death of Kenneth Maclure while vacationing with his wife Margaret (Blackmore) in Mexico. . In 1941, . Maclure proposed a grid system for measuring direction in high latitudes to overcome the problem created by the extreme convergency of the meridians. . he was the first Canadian to reach the North Geographic Pole. Maclure's grid direction proposal was thoroughly tested and proved to be a simple technique for measuring direction on polar flights. . Maclure's grid was altered to further simplify navigation on high latitude flights originating from North America. [He participated in a number of scientific flights across the Canadian Arctic to Alaska including:] . the Ptarmigan weather flights by the USAF out of Alaska over the Arctic Ocean and Operation Cariberg, to study the migration of caribou from timberline to the barrens and to study the amount and state of ice in Hudson's Bay. . His work included acoustic and electromagnetic research in ice-filled waters, which necessitated many visits to the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. . This quiet, modest Canadian, a major contributor to modern-day polar air navigation, will be greatly missed by his former associates and all who knew him. . |
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