New Look at the North

Abstract

Reports Canadian Armed Forces activities planned with the new 35-man Northern Region Headquarters at Yellowknife Jan 1971, under Brig-Gen Ramsey Withers, who is familiar with the area, its people and its social codes. Bridge construction, airstrip improvement, search and rescue operations and surveillance of pollution limits are among planned activities, with efforts to train Eskimos and Indians for nontechnical jobs.