Northern News

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1951
• Subjects: Atmospheric temperature; Auroras; C.D. Howe (Ship); Coring; Curricula; Dental care; Eastern Arctic Patrol; 1922-1968; Economic feasibility; Economic geology; Geological exploration; Health; Health care; Inuit; Iron; Magnetite; Marine transportation; Ore deposits; Tuberculosis; Universities; Winds; X-rays; Greenland; Port Burwell; Nunavut; Kuujjuaq; Québec; Churchill; Manitoba; Cape Dorset (Settlement); Kimmirut; Clyde River (Hamlet); Pond Inlet (Hamlet); Arctic Bay (Hamlet); Dundas Harbour (Locality); Iqaluit; Makkovik; Labrador; Kangiqsualujjuaq region; Barents Sea; Canadian Arctic waters; Arctic; Arctic Bay; Cape Dorset; Clyde River; Dundas; Dundas Harbour; Grønnedal; Kangiqsualujjuaq; Pond Inlet; Arctic bay; inuit
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/66985

The news items include: 1) an outline of courses in Arctic studies given at the McGill University Geography Summer School; 2) information from Richard Bøgvad on diamond drilling and core analysis of a magnetic iron ore deposit at Grønnedal in southwest Greenland which led to the conclusion that the deposit is not economic; 3) details of the 1950 Eastern Arctic Patrol which marked the maiden voyage of the C.D. Howe, written by A. Stevenson; 4) a summary of Werner Sander's auroral observations in the Barents Sea, Nov.-Dec. 1949.