Profitable Exchanges and Contacts Between U.S.S.R. and Canada

Abstract

Describes the visit in 1965 by a Canadian party under A. Laing, Minister of Northern Affairs and National Resources; its itinerary included research institutions in Moscow and Leningrad, the Bratsk hydropower station, also Yakutsk and Noril'sk where the permafrost station construction projects were viewed. The Russian party under A. Slivinskii, Vice-Chairman of the State Building Committee subsequently visited Canada, going to Hay River, Inuvik, and other northern points of interest. Exchange of permafrost and building specialists is planned.