Geodetic Investigations in the Canadian Arctic

Arctic work of the Canadian Geodetic Survey started in 1935. Between 1942 and 1950, 300 astronomical stations were established on the mainland north of the tree-line and in the southern Canadian Arctic Islands. The shoran electronic method of position fixation has superseded the astronomical method...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Ross, J.E.R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1954
Subjects:
Baker Lake (Hamlet)
Nunavut
Canada
Churchill
Manitoba
Kuujjuaq
Québec
Ottawa
Ontario
Resolute
St. John's
Newfoundland
Winnipeg
Prince Rupert
British Columbia
Arctic
Rupert
Baker Lake
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66893
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Summary:Arctic work of the Canadian Geodetic Survey started in 1935. Between 1942 and 1950, 300 astronomical stations were established on the mainland north of the tree-line and in the southern Canadian Arctic Islands. The shoran electronic method of position fixation has superseded the astronomical method in most areas. Methods are described, as is the extension of the Canadian shoran net since 1949. Future extensions, gravity observations, and needed investigations of changes in mean sea level are briefly discussed.

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