Barrie Historical Newspaper Archive

Barrie Examiner, 29 Jun 1961, p. 10

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on TRANSPORTATION over 181111 and sea ice for scimtlsts of the Canadian Polar Continen tal Shelf project is made we sible by this boetiesbaped bombardler in background is the joint Canadian United States weather station at iss ased on Elle Bingoes island near which the project has maimed its base camp Ce Photo Geologist Cbprdinates Arctic Survey Project Canadas Polar Continen tal Shelf project in probing the secrets the Arctic In this story Canadian Press reporter who Visited the project headquarters tells about its youthiul eoo tor By JIM WKELLY Canadian Press stall Writer ISACHSEN NWT CF Theres barebeaded tousle haired greeter at lsacbsen base camp of the Canadian Polar Continental Shelf project 600 miles from the north pole who warmly welcomes now comcrs to the 70man station and sees everyone off at the runway as they leave slight energetic man he sometimes handpumps barrels of gasoline into departing air craft loads and unloads bag gage and freight and canoften be seen rolling dogallon drum of gasoline across the runwuv or hoisting it aboard an Otter aircralt He is 38yearold Dr Ernest Frederick Roots of Ottawa co ordinator of the entire project and man who has time for anything Working with scientific pro jects in the Antarctic and Arc tic since 1939 he apparently has become immune to the cold and he is usually hetless with grey wool shirt in place at parka as hatravels around the base in belowzero tempera tures in an open bombardler tractor DIREfls 12 TEAMS His job is to coordinate the activities of 12 scientific teams which make up the Continental Shelf Project of the deparimet of mines and technical surveys This means he burst schedule the use of the projects eight chartered aircraft its tractors bombardiers autoboggans and other machines arrange the transport and supply of field parties and radio sites on land and ice within mile radius and act as personnel officer to some 70 men He also maintains liaison with Ottawa arranges material and personnel movement to and from the mainland and other islands and ensures that the work of the various field parties meshes without overlapping But list of his activities would read like an encyclo pedia During May for example he successfully coordinated one of the most northerly air searches in Canadian history and just as successfully pulled an aching tooth ofa grateful Eskimo dog driver Im bit annoyed with not being able to get hand in at the actuallwork myself Dr Roots says but get great deal of enjoyment out of seeing the cooperation whichis going here among the various scientific fields 15 YEARS IN NORTH The work he means is geology the field in which he re ceived his bachelors and mast ers degrees from the Univer sity of British Columbia and doctorate from Princeton He also shldiedand taught at Cam bridge University in England He spent 15 seasons in the northin British Collnnhln the Yukon and the Arctic He held post similar to this onewith the NorwegianBritish Swedish antarctic sorpedltion of memos Our deepest taskof Vila significance he says is to es tablish Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic islands Id liketo make it possible to obtain more effective information on this part of the country through dis cussion among various aden tific fields Such discussion could turn up NiatiouLhips between the fields which might otherwise easily be missed An example of the coopera tion effort which could prompt Haircuts 75c Satlirdayl $100 Barbers CLmFs Banana snot so narrow Across from Alanai as such discussion he said is the current study of the icecap on htelghcn Island These studies are aimed at finding out what is happening to the ice cap and from that determin ing what has happened to the climate and envinhment in the 10000 recent geologic years DIGGING PIT Apltlsbeingduglniheiw cap to observe and take sam ples of the layers of ice for analysis to determine the pe riods of snowfall wear and melting Topogr ephicsisur veyors will measure the ice cap accurately with telurometcr Selsmic and gravity crews wall measure the depth of theirs and the slope beneath it Botani cal collections Wiii be made and samples of minerals contained in the ice cap we be studied Submarine geologists will check minerals on the offshore ocean bottom and former shorelines Party Organizer Received $21000 InGOVt Kickbacks QUEBEC AProgrcs lve Conservative party organ izer for Basso Quebec said Wednesday he received about $21000 in kickbacks on Union Nationale government purchases ltomprivate companies be tween 1955 and 1960 hive party org since 1057 told Quebec ro al commiss he drew hot profit of po bly 10per cent on transactions his firm distributing outlet for motor and machinery parts made with the government during the fiveyear period The royal commission Nutr ing into the purchasing practices of the former UN administrav tion between July 1955 and July 1960 will sit again to day and Friday Then it is Ex pected to adjourn until the fall Mr Bouchor one of four wit nesses who testified Wednesday they received kickbacks on gov ernment purchases said his firm did about $175000 worth of business withthe Quebec gov ernment WAS RECOMMENDED He said he was recommended for the kickbacks by man respect man for whom have growing admirauw Hon Ger ald lilartineau Mr Martineau is Quebec City businessman and mem ber of the legislative council provipcial upper house Several witnesses earlier fold thecommission Mr hiartineaa arrangedfor paymentson sala commissions to Union Natinnnle party workers on government purchases Mr Boucber said his firm Selection Auto Parts Registered sold to the provincial govern ment and other concerns he said he bought parts from Northern Equipment and Has sey Equipment for resale The witness said he had re ceived saim mmmisrioas on government purchases from Brandram Henderson dialled1 Cobra industries lnc Chas Cus 5011 Limited Sela Euipment inc and Dominion Steel and Coal Corporation He said hedld not remember precise figures but that he would return to the witnes stand todayand give details of all amounts he received Mr Boucher told the commls slon he yas active in the 1956 provincial election campaign in Quebec Centre riding for UN candidate Maurice Clouticr and again in the 1960 election The three other witnesses were Henri Lalller secretary of the St Jean Baptiste Society Laval travelling salesman and Gaston Chartre publicist Mr Lallier school teacher Sister Acquiited 0n DrivingCharge ilMMlNS tCP Sister Ann Lucie Roman Catholic nun from the Sisters of the Assump tion convent here Wednesday was acquitted on charge of criminal negligence at prelim inary hearing in nearby lisdaie Township The sister charged as Lucie Bolger pleaded guilty to care less driving She was fined 10 and $18 costs She was involved in headon collision on Highway 101 May testified he received about 31000 in rain commissions from companies he did not work or He said he did not know who had arranged the commie slcns Mr Chartre former private secretary to Emiiicn Rochctte said he received $5100 because he looked after the affairs oi the constituents in the riding of Quebec County Mr Rocheite was UN legislature member for Quebec Coufiiy until 1960 Mr Couture said he received 331700 from Allied Chemicals Brandrom Henderson Sine Paint and Brunncr Mend Can ada Sela Limited To get these commissions he said he worked for the Union Nationalc party one of his lab being to transport reporters dur ing election campaign periods Who panied you asked commisslhn counsel man who has been like father to me Mr Martineau Mr Couture replied Robert Dowie of Hoyle luf fared broken arm his wife fa nl iniurles No evidence was produced of wilful or wanton disregard for the lives or safety of others Magistrate Kendrick of the criminal negligence charge It may have been day dreaming talking or lack care which caused the nod dent CAMPBELL LTD Furniture Moving and Storage Commercial Warehousing Agents for North American Van Lines PA 66555 11 An 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