Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region
In 1935 a National Geographic Society glaciological expedition working in the St. Elias mountain range near the Alaska-Yukon Territory boundary described an unnamed mountain in the area as "magnificent, a granite peak sheathed in snow and ice on the south and west sides, and on the north and ea...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/66504 2023-05-15T14:19:20+02:00 Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region Surveys and Mapping Branch, Canada. 1965-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66504 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66504/50417 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66504 ARCTIC; Vol. 18 No. 2 (1965): June: 69–148; 70-72 1923-1245 0004-0843 Koch Lauge 1892-1964 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion article-commentary 1965 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:23:21Z In 1935 a National Geographic Society glaciological expedition working in the St. Elias mountain range near the Alaska-Yukon Territory boundary described an unnamed mountain in the area as "magnificent, a granite peak sheathed in snow and ice on the south and west sides, and on the north and east sides has fantastic rock cliffs." Thirty years later this same peak was officially named Mount Kennedy in honour of the late President John F. Kennedy. A surge of activity in the area followed immediately. Senator Robert Kennedy climbed the mountain, an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is engaged in producing a large scale map of the mountain and its environs, and a joint U.S.-Canadian party has just completed a survey through the area which will determine the precise geographic position of the mountain's summit and its elevation. The survey party was composed of six men from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and two men from the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Canadian Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. The main purpose of the work was to connect existing surveys along the Alaska Highway with similar surveys along the Alaskan coast. The work will strengthen the control surveys throughout the area and provide new control points for mapping. The decision to include Mount Kennedy in the survey, while adding a touch of glamour to the operation, greatly increased the difficulties. The survey itself consists of five main stations, connected by traverse, with auxiliary points established at alternate stations to provide additional checks on field measurements. The lengths of the four traverse courses varied from eight to thirty-nine miles; the distances were measured by electronic distance measuring equipment, and the angles were measured with precise theodolites using signal lights and heliotropes for targets. . Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Alaska Yukon University of Calgary Journal Hosting Canada Mount Kennedy ENVELOPE(66.217,66.217,-67.867,-67.867) Yukon ARCTIC 18 2 70 |
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In 1935 a National Geographic Society glaciological expedition working in the St. Elias mountain range near the Alaska-Yukon Territory boundary described an unnamed mountain in the area as "magnificent, a granite peak sheathed in snow and ice on the south and west sides, and on the north and east sides has fantastic rock cliffs." Thirty years later this same peak was officially named Mount Kennedy in honour of the late President John F. Kennedy. A surge of activity in the area followed immediately. Senator Robert Kennedy climbed the mountain, an expedition sponsored by the National Geographic Society is engaged in producing a large scale map of the mountain and its environs, and a joint U.S.-Canadian party has just completed a survey through the area which will determine the precise geographic position of the mountain's summit and its elevation. The survey party was composed of six men from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and two men from the Surveys and Mapping Branch of the Canadian Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. The main purpose of the work was to connect existing surveys along the Alaska Highway with similar surveys along the Alaskan coast. The work will strengthen the control surveys throughout the area and provide new control points for mapping. The decision to include Mount Kennedy in the survey, while adding a touch of glamour to the operation, greatly increased the difficulties. The survey itself consists of five main stations, connected by traverse, with auxiliary points established at alternate stations to provide additional checks on field measurements. The lengths of the four traverse courses varied from eight to thirty-nine miles; the distances were measured by electronic distance measuring equipment, and the angles were measured with precise theodolites using signal lights and heliotropes for targets. . |
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Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region |
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Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region |
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Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region |
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Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region |
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Joint Canada-U.S. Survey in the Mount Kennedy Region |
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joint canada-u.s. survey in the mount kennedy region |
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The Arctic Institute of North America |
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