The Muskox Patrol: High Arctic Sovereignty Revisited

Schledermann, Peter

doi:10.14430/arctic606

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“…Yet, Robert Peary’s and his helpers’ repeated excursions from Greenland to Ellesmere Island during his long quest for reaching the North Pole (1891–1909), effectively reminded the Canadian authorities about their High Arctic islands. Coming from the Danish side, Peary inadvertently contributed to a potential Danish claim to the region, and the Canadians had to act, recalling how Sverdrup had once planted the Norwegian flag there (Dick 2001; Schledermann 2003). It was not enough to assert sovereignty; it also had to be demonstrated through occupation, and the Canadian authorities sat out to do just that.…”

Section: Ice and Desolation: Politics Of Spacementioning

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Life around the North Water ecosystem: Natural and social drivers of change over a millennium

Hastrup

Andersen

Grønnow

et al. 2018

Ambio

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The formation of the North Water in Smith Sound about 4500 years ago, as evidenced by the establishment of bird colonies and human presence, also initiated a long-term anthropogenic agent as part of this High Arctic ecosystem. Different epochs have influenced the human occupation in the area: immigration pulses from Canada and Alaska, trade with meteorite iron throughout the Arctic, introduction of new technologies by whalers and explorers, exploitation of resources by foreigners, political sequestration, export of fox and seal skins and later narwhal products, and recently fishing. Physical drivers in terms of weather and climate affecting the northern hemisphere also impact accessibility and productivity of the ecosystem, with cascading effects on social drivers, again acting back on the natural ecologies. Despite its apparent isolation, the ecosystem had and still has wide ranging spatial ramifications that extend beyond the High Arctic, and include human activity. The challenge is to determine what is internal and what is external to an ecosystem.

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Section: Ice and Desolation: Politics Of Spacementioning

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Life around the North Water ecosystem: Natural and social drivers of change over a millennium

Hastrup

Andersen

Grønnow

et al. 2018

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“…Commerce, search for prosperity, and sovereignty issues were probably the driving motives (Mirsky, 1970;Diubaldo, 1978;Schledermann, 2003;Levere, 2004), but these explorations resulted in the discovery and the mapping of lands and islands.…”

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The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–18 and Early Advances in Arctic Vertebrate Zoology

Khidas¹

2015

ARCTIC

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ABSTRACT. A century ago, an international team of scientists sailed under the Canadian flag to the western Canadian Arctic, via the Bering Strait, to achieve the goals of the Canadian Arctic Expedition of 1913 -18. This major expedition was a milestone in the history of Canada. The scientists explored a vast, unknown sea and land area that extended from the Alaskan northern coast to Bathurst Inlet in Canada, and from Meighen Island to approximately 160 -200 km inland from the continental coasts. This area had never been explored by an expedition before, and many parts of it had never been visited (except, presumably, by Inuit and their ancestors). The expedition resulted in a remarkable harvest of terrestrial and marine plants and animals, and associated data. The scientists furthered geographic and scientific knowledge of the Arctic and published 74 reports in various scientific fields, yet none of these addressed vertebrate zoology. The present report attempts to make up for this deficiency. Overall, the CAE collected and preserved 2084 vertebrate specimens and inventoried 139 species, which together fairly depicted the Arctic vertebrate community. Almost all specimens are preserved at the Canadian Museum of Nature. They significantly supplemented the rather meagre vertebrate collections of the Museum of those times and have since prompted the continuing development of these collections.

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Chapter 1: No Canada Without the Arctic

Burke

2017

International Disputes and Cultural Ideas in the Canadian Arctic

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The Muskox Patrol: High Arctic Sovereignty Revisited

Cited by 6 publications

References 7 publications

Life around the North Water ecosystem: Natural and social drivers of change over a millennium

Life around the North Water ecosystem: Natural and social drivers of change over a millennium

The Canadian Arctic Expedition 1913–18 and Early Advances in Arctic Vertebrate Zoology

Chapter 1: No Canada Without the Arctic

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