News From High Latitudes

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Author: North America, Arctic Institute of
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1948
• Subjects: Coasts; Expeditions; Exploration; Explorers; Fisheries; Geography; Government; Greenland shark; Home rule in Greenland; Ice navigation; Lady of Lourdes (Ship); Polar bears; Radio; Railroads; Research; Research stations; Sea ice; Ships; Social change; Telecommunication; Transportation; Trichinella; Weather stations; Whaling; Alaska; Antarctic regions; Arctic regions; Canadian Arctic Islands waters; Canadian Arctic Islands; Greenland; Svalbard; Aklavik; Antarctic; Arctic; Canada; Foxe Basin; North Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/67060

"News From High Latitudes" includes brief reports or correspondence on a number of expeditions or scientific research efforts in both the Arctic and the Antarctic. Many of the news items relate to transportation and communication issues and include such topics as shipping at Churchill; reforms in Greenland; H.B.C. trading transport in Arctic Canada; Norwegian polar activities; news items from beyond the North Pole; roster of Arctic specialists; free ride to Arctic port; Aklavik on the air; Canadian need for qualified scientists and administrators in the North; explorers in Carnegie Hall, New York; new land in Foxe Basin; French expedition to Greenland; French Antarctic expedition; university seminar in North American Arctic; Antarctic whaling; Alaska railroad being modernized; trichinosis from polar bear meat; new Arctic fishing bank; and short-wave to Antarctica.