Institute NewsAuthor(s): John C. ReedSource: Arctic, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Mar., 1961), pp. 78-80Published by: Arctic Institute of North AmericaStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40506899 .

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78 NOTES

This is the fourth consecutive summer in which a program of linguistic studies will be offered at the University of Al- berta. As in previous years the study of aboriginal languages spoken in Canada is stressed while making available at the same time a wide range of courses in descriptive and historical linguistics. The following are included this year:

General Linguistics General Phonetics Linguistic Geography Culture and Language History of the English Language Modern English Grammar. The course in "Eskimo" is essentially

an intensive language course that aims at giving the participants an active prac-

tical command of the language. The course will be conducted by an Eskimo language expert with over 7 years of residence among Canadian Eskimos and extensive teaching experience; a native Eskimo will act as informant in the classroom and tape-recorded material will also be available. The new language laboratory of the University will be used in practice sessions. The course is in- tended for all to whom a knowledge of the Eskimo language is of interest and value.

Further information may be obtained from Dr. Ernest Reinhold, Director, Summer School of Linguistics, Univer- sity of Alberta, Edmonton, Alta., Can- ada.

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Gifts to the Library The Institute Library acknowledges

with thanks gifts of books and reprints from the following persons and organi- zations:

R. J. Adie R. Barry W. G. Brown R. H. Clark E. Derbyshire Z. Gussow E. Goedecke T. A. Harwood G. Hattersley-Smith J. H. Heardsley E. O. Höhn C. C. Hughes Margaret Lantis P. Larsson W. J. Mattox, Jr. G. G. Meyerhof N. T. Moher F. Müller G. Östrem F. Poland W. B. Quay W. E. Sharp W. J. L. Sladen K. H. Stone W. E. Taylor

D. Turner Alaska Department of Health and

Welfare British Columbia, Department of Nat-

ural Resources British Petroleum Company of Can-

ada, Limited Canada Department of Agriculture.

Research Branch Canada Department of Mines and

Technical Surveys. Dominion Observa- tories Branch

Canada Department of Northern Af- fairs and National Resources. Northern Co-ordination and Research Branch

Canada Department of Transport. Meteorological Branch

Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Expédition glaciologique internatio-

nale au Groenland McGill Sub -Arctic Research Labora-

tory National Academy of Sciences-Na-

tional Research Council, Washington National Museum of Canada Trans-Antarctic Expedition U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer U.S. Department of Health, Educa-

tion, and Welfare. Public Health Service U.S. Geological Survey

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INSTITUTE NEWS 79

Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors

The Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors was held in Washington on December 10, 1960. The following were elected for 1961:

Officers of the Board: Chairman, Commander David C. Nutt, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.; Vice-Chair- man, Dr. F. Kenneth Hare, McGill Uni- versity, Montreal, P.Q.; Secretary, Dr. J. Tuzo Wilson, O.B.E., University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Treasurer, Commodore O. C. S. Robertson, Cana- dian Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.

Governors elected by the Fellows of the Institute: Dr. F. Kenneth Hare, McGill University, Montreal, P.Q.; Commodore O. C. S. Robertson, Cana- dian Joint Staff, Washington, D.C; Dr. Hugh M. Raup, Harvard Forest, Peter- sham, Mass.

Governors appointed by the Board: Dr. W. S. Benninghoff, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.; John C. Case, Near East College Association, New York, N.Y.; Dr. Richard P. Gold- thwait, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio; Duncan M. Hodgson, Montreal, P.Q.; Dr. W. E. Van Steenburgh, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ot- tawa, Ont.

Retiring Governors: Dr. J. McT. Cowan, C. M. Drury, Colonel Gerald FitzGerald, Dr. C. S. Lord.

Man Living in the Arctic A significant conference on the sub-

ject "Man living in the Arctic" was held at the U.S. Quartermaster Research and Engineering Command at Natick, Mass, on December 1 and 2, 1960. The con- ference was sponsored jointly by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, and the Arctic Institute of North America.

The Quartermaster Corps has made many important contributions to the art of civilized man living and working in the Arctic. It has pioneered in the devel- opment of clothing, food, and shelter, as well as in determining the environ-

mental conditions. The conference was dedicated to a review of accomplish- ments, an examination of new scientific avenues, and forecast of future living requirements in the Arctic.

The conference was divided into four half -day sessions, one each on the fol- lowing subjects: - The Arctic, Contri- butions of the Quartermaster Corps to Man living in the Arctic, Scientific ap- proaches to solving the problems of man living in the Arctic, and The expanding utilization of the Arctic.

Between the morning and afternoon sessions on the first day the Arctic En- vironmental Test Chamber at the Quar- termaster Research and Engineering Command was dedicated to Sir Hubert Wilkins by Major General A. T. Mc- Namara, Quartermaster General. Gen- eral McNamara said that "Sir Hubert Wilkins served as a consultant and ge- ographer for the U.S. Army Quarter- master Corps from 1942 to his death in 1958. During this time he made signi- ficant contributions to the utilization of our armed forces in arctic areas, for which he was honoured three times for outstanding civilian service to the Gov- ernment of the United States."

On the evening of December 1 a din- ner in honour of American Pioneers of Arctic Exploration was held at the Museum of Science in Boston. Lowell Thomas was master of ceremonies. The following pioneers were specifically honoured: - Kane, Hall, DeLong, Gree- ly, Brainard, Peary, McMillan, Bartlett, Stefansson, Wilkins, Byrd, Balchen, Eielson, and Ellsworth. McMillan, Ste- fansson, and Balchen were present.

The Arctic Institute played a large part in the conference. In addition to being one of the sponsoring organiza- tions it assisted in the planning and was responsible for the last half-day session. Dr. Paul A. Siple, a governor of the In- stitute, was general chairman of the con- ference. The Executive Director and Dr. Walter A. Wood each acted as chairman for a session. The last session included three papers: - one on the Utilization of the Arctic's Natural Resources by Paul Queneau, a governor of the Insti- tute; a second on Human Society in the

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80 INSTITUTE NEWS

Arctic Today by Professor Trevor Lloyd, also a governor; and a third on the Role of Government in Arctic Expansion by Dr. George Rogers, a member of the In- stitute staff.

John C. Reed

Review of the Arctic Environment With the support of a grant from a

United States Army source the Arctic Institute is engaged in a comprehensive analysis of the environmental factors affecting operations in the polar basin. A full report is planned for completion in the fall of 1961. The study has been organized by the Institute staff and to John Sater has been assigned the re-

sponsibility for the preparation of the report. An advisory committee of about 25 specialists, mostly outstanding Cana- dians and Americans, has been organiz- ed to ensure full coverage and author- itative material.

Operations, for the purposes of the study, are the organization, control, maintenance and support, movement, and communications of people. Thus, the review is expected to point out the capa- bilities and limitations of man in the Arctic and to appraise the status of en- vironmental knowledge in order to in- dicate research needed to increase oper- ational capabilities.

John C. Reed

ELECTION OF FELLOWS

At the Annual Meeting of the Arctic Institute held at Washington on Decem- ber 10, 1960 the following were elected Fellows of the Institute: Dr. Carl S. Benson, Dept. of Geology

and Geophysics, University of Alaska, College, Alaska.

Dr. B0rge Fristrup, Geografiske Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Dr. B. G. Craig, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Dr. J. A. Fraser, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Mr. J. Keith Fraser, Geographical Branch, Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys, Ottawa, Ont.

Superintendent W. G. Fraser, G. Divi- sion, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ottawa, Ont.

Dr. W. W. Heywood, Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Ont.

Dr. Kjeld Helmen, Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copen- hagen, Denmark.

Dr. Eric Hultén, Riksmuseum, Stock- holm, Sweden.

Mr. John P. Kelsall, Canadian Wildlife Service, Ottawa, Ont.

Dr. A. W. Mansfield, Fisheries Research Board, Montreal, P.Q.

Dr. F. Müller, Geography Dept., McGill University, Montreal, P.Q.

Dr. Norman J. Oliver, Air Force Cam- bridge Research Center, Bedford, Mass.

Mr. John A. Pihlainen, Ottawa, Ont. Dr. George P. Rigsby, U.S. Navy Elec-

tronics Laboratory, San Diego, Calif. Mr. William E. Taylor, National Museum

of Canada, Ottawa, Ont. Dr. Donald E. Wohlschlag, Stanford

University, Stanford, Calif.

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