H.W. Stallworthy (1895-1976)

Authors

  • C.R. Harington

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2283

Keywords:

Biographies, DEW Line, Expeditions, Explorers, History, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sleds, Stallworthy, Henry Webb, 1895-1976, Amund Ringnes Island, Nunavut, Axel Heiberg Island, Chesterfield Inlet region, Dawson region, Yukon, Ellesmere Island, Fort McPherson, N.W.T., Meighen Island

Abstract

Sergeant-Major Henry Webb Stallworthy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came to prominence following an arduous 1400-mile (2250-km) dogsled journey in search of the German explorer Dr. H.K.E. Krueger in 1932, during which he circumnavigated Axel Heiberg Island. Much of Stallworthy's 31 years with the R.C.M.P. was spent in isolated parts of northern Canada. He was tough, energetic, unassuming, devoted to duty, and expert at arctic travelling - qualities that led to his secondment to the 1934-35 Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition. ...

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Published

1983-01-01

Issue

Vol. 36 No. 3 (1983): September: 227–310

Section

Arctic Profiles