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The joint Arctic weather stations : science and sovereignty in the high Arctic, 1946-1972 / / Daniel Heidt, P. Whitney Lackenbauer
| The joint Arctic weather stations : science and sovereignty in the high Arctic, 1946-1972 / / Daniel Heidt, P. Whitney Lackenbauer |
| Autore | Heidt Daniel <1985-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (602 pages) |
| Disciplina | 341 |
| Collana | Northern lights series |
| Soggetto topico |
International law
Meteorological stations Science and state |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Canada-US relations
anthropology of science arctic history arctic logistics circumpolar studies cold war cultures of isolation diplomacy environmental history historical geography history of science living in isolation meteorological science meteorology polar geography polar history polar logistics science diplomacy scientists social history sovereignty weather studies |
| ISBN | 1-77385-259-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Half Title Page -- Series Page -- Full Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- The State: Looking Down on JAWS -- Experiencing JAWS: Views from Below -- Overview of the Book -- 1 | Background: The Long Build-Up -- Meteorology as Science in Nineteenth-Century North America -- Meteorology and Arctic Stations -- Weather, the Great War, and the Air Age -- The Second World War, Meteorology, and a New Northern Focus -- 2 | Negotiating JAWS, 1945-47 -- Finding Funding -- Canadian Concerns -- Sovereignty, Security, and Science -- Operation Nanook (1946) -- Compromise and Cooperation -- Reaching an Agreement -- 3 | Situating the First Stations, 1947-48 -- Slidre Fiord (Eureka Sound), Ellesmere Island, 80 15'N., 86 11'W. -- Task Force 68 Ventures North -- Resolute, Cornwallis Island, 74 70'N., 94 54'W. -- 4 | Finishing the Network, 1948-50 -- Isachsen, Ellef Ringnes Island, 78 46'40' N., 103 31'40' W. -- Mould Bay, Prince Patrick Island, 76 14'16'N., 119 20'28'W. -- Resupplying the Stations: The Trials of Task Force 80 -- Early Life at the Stations -- Adapting to the Environment -- Canadian Capabilities, Sovereignty, and the Resupply Missions of 1949-50 -- Alert, Ellesmere Island, 82 30'06'N., 62 19'47'W. -- 5 | Who Did the Stations Need… and Who Did TheyGet? -- Incentives, Positions, and Recruitment -- Training -- Sovereignty Concerns -- Who had the "Right Stuff"? -- Getting There -- 6 | Science at the Stations -- The Meteorological Program -- Surface Observations -- Upper Air Observations -- Additional Scientific Observations at the Joint Arctic Weather Stations -- Science Hubs -- Scientific Cultures -- 7 | The Seasonal Cycle -- Emerging from Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Autumn -- Winter -- 8 | Getting Along at the Top of the World -- Keeping Busy.
Breaking Up the Monotony -- Animals -- Food -- Alcohol and Drugs -- Sexuality -- Coping with Isolation -- Leadership -- Shared Command and Canadian Sovereignty -- 9 | Canadianization: Getting Out of Joint? -- Conceptualizing Canadianization: Breaking the Ice -- The Stations, the DEW Line, and the 'Delicate Balance of Manpowerin the Northern Arctic' -- The High Arctic Relocations of Inuit: A Form of Canadianization? -- Last Call for Canadianization -- The End of a Bilateral Partnership -- Conclusions -- JAWS and Cold War Imperialism, Sovereignty, and Militarization -- Scientific Colonies? -- Stations as Spaces and Places of Everyday Scientific Life -- From JAWS to HAWS -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Archival Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index -- Back Cover. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910585983203321 |
Heidt Daniel <1985->
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| Calgary, Alberta : , : University of Calgary Press, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A man without words / / Susan Schaller ; foreword by Oliver Sacks
| A man without words / / Susan Schaller ; foreword by Oliver Sacks |
| Autore | Schaller Susan |
| Edizione | [Second edition, with new material.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 220 |
| Soggetto topico |
Deaf - United States
Mexicans - United States Deaf - Means of communication |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
born deaf challenges of education cultural anthropology graduate student immigrant studies intelligent but deaf learning to communicate living in isolation memoir mexican indian biography mute recluse sign language teaching sign language |
| ISBN | 0-520-95931-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CHAPTER -- 2 CHAPTER -- 3 CHAPTER -- 4 CHAPTER -- 5 CHAPTER -- 6 CHAPTER -- 7 CHAPTER -- 8 CHAPTER -- 9 CHAPTER -- 10 CHAPTER -- 11 CHAPTER -- 12 CHAPTER -- 13 CHAPTER -- 14 CHAPTER -- 15 CHAPTER -- 16 CHAPTER -- 17 CHAPTER -- 18 IL DEFONSO'S CHAPTER -- AFTERWORD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790967303321 |
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Schaller Susan
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A man without words / / Susan Schaller ; foreword by Oliver Sacks
| A man without words / / Susan Schaller ; foreword by Oliver Sacks |
| Autore | Schaller Susan |
| Edizione | [Second edition, with new material.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2012] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina | 220 |
| Soggetto topico |
Deaf - United States
Mexicans - United States Deaf - Means of communication |
| Soggetto non controllato |
anthropologists
born deaf challenges of education cultural anthropology graduate student immigrant studies intelligent but deaf learning to communicate living in isolation memoir mexican indian biography mute recluse sign language teaching sign language |
| ISBN | 0-520-95931-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CHAPTER -- 2 CHAPTER -- 3 CHAPTER -- 4 CHAPTER -- 5 CHAPTER -- 6 CHAPTER -- 7 CHAPTER -- 8 CHAPTER -- 9 CHAPTER -- 10 CHAPTER -- 11 CHAPTER -- 12 CHAPTER -- 13 CHAPTER -- 14 CHAPTER -- 15 CHAPTER -- 16 CHAPTER -- 17 CHAPTER -- 18 IL DEFONSO'S CHAPTER -- AFTERWORD -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820964003321 |
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Schaller Susan
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| Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , [2012] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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