Patrick Douglas Baird, 1912-1984

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Orvig, Svenn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1984
• Subjects: Arctic Institute of North America; Biographies; Civil servants; Expeditions; Geographical names; Glaciology; Logistics; Military operations; Mountaineering; Operation Musk-ox; Research; Research stations; Scientists; Canadian Arctic; Greenland; Baffin Island; Nunavut; Arctic; Baird Peninsula; Canada; Pangnirtung; Baffin; glacier; glacier*; musk ox; muskox; Peace River; Subarctic; The Arctic Institute; Victoria Island; victoria island
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65244

. It was in Baffin Island that Pat Baird first set foot in Canada. He was to return there many times, for he came to love the Arctic, its mountains, snow and ice. . Pat Baird became a well-known public figure in 1945-46, when he participated in the celebrated "Lemming" and "Muskox&quo...