The Land Beyond
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.
Jack Ives has lived and worked in the north for more than fifty years, writing several books and receiving numerous awards—including a Guggenheim fellowship. He currently lives in Ottawa with his family.
Color Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prologue
My First Summer at the Lab
1 History of Labrador-Ungava: An Introduction
Founding of the McGill Sub-Arctic Research Laboratory, 1954
2 Knob Lake and the Lab: Summer 1955
Astray Lake, 1955: Our First Canoe Trip
Summing Up: First Summer
3 The Torngat Mountains, 1956-1957
Into the Wilderness
Results: Summer 1956
Winter 1956-1957: Ottawa
Torngat Mountains, 1957
4 The McGill Sub-Arctic Research Lab: Operations, 1957-1960
Indian House Lake (Lac de la Hutte Sauvage), 1958
Helluva Lake, 1958
Fall 1958: An Appraisal
The Lab in 1958-1959
The Lab in 1959-1960
Death on the Koroksoak: Northeast Nouveau Québec, 1960
Transition: 1960-1966
5 The Quest for Northern Knowledge
A Permanent Expedition in the Subarctic
Staffing
Research Results: 1954-1964
Wider Impacts
Geographical Branch: Ottawa and Baffin Island
Trent University and Peter Adams
Université de Montréal and Jim Gray
Epilogue: Short Biographies
Appendices
Endnotes
References
Index
