H.W. Stallworthy (1895-1976)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Harington, C.R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1983
• Subjects: Biographies; DEW Line; Expeditions; Explorers; History; Royal Canadian Mounted Police; Sleds; Stallworthy; Henry Webb; 1895-1976; Amund Ringnes Island; Nunavut; Axel Heiberg Island; Chesterfield Inlet region; Dawson region; Yukon; Ellesmere Island; Fort McPherson; N.W.T; Meighen Island; Arctic; Canada; Chesterfield Inlet; Heiberg; Webb; Dawson
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65335

Sergeant-Major Henry Webb Stallworthy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to prominence following an arduous 1400-mile (2250-km) dogsled journey in search of the German explorer Dr. H.K.E. Krueger in 1932, during which he circumnavigated Axel Heiberg Island. Much of Stallworthy's 31 years...