The Land Beyond: A Memoir
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Geographer Jack Ives moved to Canada in 1954, and soon after he played an instrumental role in the establishment of the McGill Sub-Arctic Research Laboratory in central Labrador-Ungava. This fascinating account of his fifty-plus years living and working in the arctic is simultaneously a light-hearted, winning memoir and a call to action on the issues of environmental awareness and conservation that are inextricably intertwined with life in the north. Mixing personal impressions of key figures of the postwar scientific boom with the intellectual drama of field research, The Land Beyond is a memorable depiction of a life in science.
Color PlatesPrefaceAcknowledgementsPrologueMy First Summer at the Lab1 History of Labrador-Ungava: An IntroductionFounding of the McGill Sub-Arctic Research Laboratory, 19542 Knob Lake and the Lab: Summer 1955Astray Lake, 1955: Our First Canoe TripSumming Up: First Summer3 The Torngat Mountains, 1956-1957Into the WildernessResults: Summer 1956Winter 1956-1957: OttawaTorngat Mountains, 19574 The McGill Sub-Arctic Research Lab: Operations, 1957-1960Indian House Lake (Lac de la Hutte Sauvage), 1958Helluva Lake, 1958Fall 1958: An AppraisalThe Lab in 1958-1959The Lab in 1959-1960Death on the Koroksoak: Northeast Nouveau Québec, 1960Transition: 1960-19665 The Quest for Northern KnowledgeA Permanent Expedition in the SubarcticStaffingResearch Results: 1954-1964Wider ImpactsGeographical Branch: Ottawa and Baffin IslandTrent University and Peter AdamsUniversité de Montréal and Jim GrayEpilogue: Short BiographiesAppendicesEndnotesReferencesIndex
