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Author Cavell, Janice

Title Acts of occupation : Canada and Arctic sovereignty, 1918-25 / Janice Cavell and Jeff Noakes
Published Vancouver : UBC Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (347 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits
Contents Introduction : a policy of secrecy -- Taking hold of the North -- The Danish threat -- An expedition to Ellesmere Land -- A citizen of the British Empire -- Rasmussen in London -- Wrangel Island -- Stefansson in London -- The sector claim -- Conclusion : Canada of itself -- Appendix. Scientists and explorers ordinance
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Jurisdiction, Territorial -- Canada
TRAVEL -- Canada -- Territories & Nunavut (NT, NU, YT)
Boundaries
Discoveries in geography
Diplomatic relations
Jurisdiction, Territorial
Politics and government
SUBJECT Canada, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
Canada, Northern -- Politics and government
Canada -- Boundaries -- Arctic regions
Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006958
Canada -- Foreign relations -- 1914-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85019307
Subject Arctic Regions
Canada
Northern Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Noakes, Jeffrey David, 1970-
LC no. 2010549457
ISBN 9780774818698
0774818697