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 Beyondis 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	p. 70
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Prologue	p. xv
My First Summer at the Lab	p. xxiv
History of Labrador-Ungava: an Introduction	p. 1
Founding of the McGill Sub-Arctic Research Laboratory, 1954	p. 9
Knob Lake and the Lab: Summer 1955	p. 13
Astray Lake, 1955: Our First Canoe Trip	p. 16
Summing Up: First Summer	p. 24
The Torngat Mountains: 1956-1957	p. 29
Into the Wilderness	p. 35
Results: Summer 1956	p. 50
Winter 1956-1957: Ottawa	p. 52
Torngat Mountains, 1957	p. 56
The Mcgill Sub-Arctic Research Lab: Operations, 1957-1960	p. 65
Indian House Lake (Lac de la Hutte Sauvage), 1958	p. 79
Helluva Lake, 1958	p. 90
Fall 1958: An Appraisal	p. 92
The Lab in 1958-1959	p. 97
The Lab in 1959-1960	p. 107
Death on the Koroksoak: Northeast Nouveau Québec, 1960	p. 112
Transition: 1960-1966	p. 123
The Quest for Northern Knowledge	p. 125
A Permanent Expedition in the Subarctic	p. 125
Staffing	p. 127
Research Results: 1954-1964	p. 129
Wider Impacts	p. 135
Geographical Branch: Ottawa and Baffin Island	p. 136
Trent University and Peter Adams	p. 138
Université de Montréal and Jim Gray	p. 138
Epilogue: Short Biographies	p. 141
Appendices	p. 161
Endnotes	p. 165
References	p. 173
Index	p. 179
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