Harry Stallworthy (1895–1976) was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police known for his exploration of the Arctic and expansion of Canadian sovereignty in Nunavut during territorial negotiations with Norway.[1] Cape Stallworthy was named after him.[2]
Stallworthy emigrated from England in 1913, one year before joining the RCMP. From 1918 to 1919 he participated in the cavalry detachment of the North-West Mounted Police as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force in Flanders. From 1930 to 1932, he organised a 65 day-long patrol which travelled over 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) in search of German biologist Hans Krüger, who had disappeared in the Bache Peninsula.[3] From 1934 to 1935, he guided the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition.[4] On this expedition he reached the latitude 82 degrees 25 minutes north, following which he was made a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[5] Stallworthy died on December 25, 1976 in Comox, British Columbia, at the age of 81.[6]
References
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- ^ Heumann, Michelle (August 2020). "Stallworthy of the Mounted: A Textual Analysis of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police's Arctic Presence, 1923-1935".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Barr, William (October 1993). "The career and disappearance of Hans K.E. Krüger, Arctic geologist, 1886–1930". Polar Record. 29 (171): 277–304. Bibcode:1993PoRec..29..277B. doi:10.1017/S0032247400023949. ISSN 0032-2474.
- ^ "Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » Picture Library catalogue". www.spri.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
- ^ Coates, Ken S.; Lackenbauer, P. Whitney; Morrison, William R.; Poelzer, Greg (2008). Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North. Ontario, Canada: Thomas Allen Publishers. ISBN 978-0-88762-619-7.
- ^ "Harry Stallworthy fonds. - Archives". searcharchives.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
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