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The news items include: 1) a report about an R.C.A.F. Lancaster crash at Alert that killed nine people including Colonel C.J. Hubbard and D.W. Kirk (reprinted from the Arctic Circular, vol. 3, no. 4, 1950, p. 46-47); 2) information on the special problems of air navigation in high latitudes by K.C....

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1950
Subjects:
Accidents
Aerial surveys
Animal distribution
Air navigation
Airplanes
Bird nesting
Canada Geese
Expeditions
Long-tailed Ducks
Maps
Mortality
Radar
Research
Waterfowl
Wildlife habitat
Alert
Nunavut
Arctic regions
Ungava
Péninsule d'
Québec
Greenland
Alaska
Barrow
Arctic
Canada
Dunbar
Eklund
Ungava Peninsula
Point Barrow
Ungava peninsula
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67015
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Summary:The news items include: 1) a report about an R.C.A.F. Lancaster crash at Alert that killed nine people including Colonel C.J. Hubbard and D.W. Kirk (reprinted from the Arctic Circular, vol. 3, no. 4, 1950, p. 46-47); 2) information on the special problems of air navigation in high latitudes by K.C. MacLure; 3) the survey of waterfowl breeding grounds in the Ungava Peninsula by C.R. Eklund; 4) information on the British West Greenland Expedition; 5) the presentation of the Bruce Memorial Prize to Dr. M.J. Dunbar in recognition of his contributions to Arctic science; 6) the presumed death of Rodgers Hamilton and pilot Burt Galbraith in a flight from Tigvariak Island that never arrived at Point Barrow, Alaska.

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