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

by P. Whitney Lackenbauer and 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 the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773852574
• ISBN13: 9781773852577
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Calgary Press
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 9.1"