The Joint Arctic Weather Stations: Science and Sovereignty in the High Arctic, 1946-1972

by Daniel Heidt

This is the first systematic account of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS), a collaborative science program between Canada and the United States that created a distinctive state presence in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago from 1946-1972. These five meteorological stations, constructed at Eureka, Resolute, Isachsen, Mould Bay, and Alert, became remote hubs for science and sovereignty, revealing the possibilities and limits of modernity in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773852760
• ISBN13: 9781773852768
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"