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NICHOLS, David A [moving images]

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Item

Date:

1937.

Reference:

R15145-0-X-E

Type of material:

Moving images

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4674246

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NICHOLS, David A
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Date(s):

1937.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

4 film reels (40min) ; 16 mm.

Language of material:

English

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TO THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE ON BOARD THE NASCOPIE is an amateur home movie that documents the 1937 Eastern Arctic Patrol and the historic meeting with the "Aklavik" from the western Arctic at Fort Ross.

This film was later used as a lecture film at the National Museum.

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Nichols, David A
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Nascopie (Navire)

Nascopie (Steamship)

Eastern Arctic Patrol
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Nichols, David A : David A. Nichols was a Canadian geologist born in Newboro, Ontario and trained at Queen's University. One of the century's most active Arctic scientists, Nichols worked for the Geological Survey of Canada from his undergraduate years until retirement in 1944. Nichols was not only a geologist but also trained as a topographer.

In 1937, he was employed by the Bureau of Geography and Topography and member of the Eastern Arctic Patrol. During these patrols, Nichols concentrated on surveying as well as geological and glaciological studies.

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(Electronic) See MISACS for item level description. (90: Open)

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Related material:

LAC holds another film by team member Walter Kerr Queen of the same patrol. See the Walter Kerr Queen fonds (R8801)., LAC holds another film by team member Richard Sterling Finnie of the same patrol. See the Richard Sterling Finnie fonds (R5516). Finnie also wrote an article about the patrol in the December 1937 edition of the "Beaver" titled "Trading into the Northwest Passage".

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Private

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(1973-05-26)
1973-0140 MISA

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1973-0140 MISA
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