Patricia Harkin and James J. Sosnoski Respond

Harkin, Patricia; Sosnoski, James J.

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“…Unaware of the delays in London, he conjectured that the protest had been received in Copenhagen in August; immediately, the Danes had decided to send Rasmussen north, in order to lead an invasion of the archipelago before the Canadian police posts could be established. Rasmussen's letter had been kept unmailed so that he could get away before Canadian suspicions were aroused (Harkin 1920d, 1920e). For a time the panic-stricken Harkin was convinced that, whatever the practical difficulties, a Canadian presence must be established at once.…”

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The origins of Canada's first Eastern Arctic Patrol, 1919–1922

Cavell¹,

Noakes

2009

Polar Record

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It is widely believed among historians that in 1920, the Danish explorer Knud Rasmussen and the Danish government challenged Canada's sovereignty over Ellesmere Island. This paper draws on a wide range of Canadian and British government files and private papers to contest this view. It demonstrates that Prime Minister Arthur Meighen and others in Ottawa were initially convinced by Vilhjalmur Stefansson that Denmark harboured territorial ambitions in the north, but most realised in the spring of 1921 that they had been mistaken. However, one civil servant, J. B. Harkin, stubbornly maintained his belief in the Danish threat. After Mackenzie King's Liberals came to power, Harkin was able to obtain a hearing for his views. It was largely due to Harkin's persistence that the first Eastern Arctic Patrol went north in 1922.

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Section: The Advisory Technical Board and Plans For A Canadian Expedimentioning

confidence: 99%