Twentieth Anniversary of Expéditions Polaires Françaises (Missions Paul-Emile Victor)

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: Arctic, Arctic
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1968
• Subjects: Acculturation; Anthropology; Community development; Economic development; Government; Indians; Inuit; Metis; Native urban residence; Publishing; Research; Research funding; Research organizations; Serials; Social change; Social interaction; Social sciences; Socio-economic effects; Universities; Canadian Arctic; Yukon; Ontario; Northern; Iqaluit; Nunavut; N.W.T; Baker Lake (Hamlet); Arctic; Greenland; Paul-Emile Victor; Adelie Land; Antarc*; Antarctica; Baker Lake; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66301

Summarizes the activities of the EPF, founded by decision of the French Cabinet 27 Feb 1947 to carry out research in the earth and life sciences in polar regions. On its first expeditions, to Greenland in May and to Adelie Land, Antarctica in Nov 1948, the EPF introduced new techniques with motorize...