Janice Cavell works in the Historical Section at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Jeff Noakes is a historian at the Canadian War Museum.

This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic ... the recent flurry of books on the Canadian North has included several broad and sweeping studies of Canad's Arctic policy ... however, more detailed works that fully explore the contours of Canada's Arctic policy are required. Other historians should follow the lead of Cavell and Noakes to describe the progression of Canada's policy since the country received its Arctic Archipelago in 1880 because many historical policy issues are still germane to debates about the Arctic today. - Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Polar Record, Vol. 64, No. 4) This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic. High-quality photographs and maps add to the story of adventure, exploration, and intrigue that the authors set out to tell. Moreover, this history is both timely and important.- Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Arctic)

• Introduction: A Policy of Secrecy1 Taking Hold of the North2 The Danish Threat3 An Expedition to Ellesmere Land4 A Citizen of the British Empire5 Rasmussen in London6 Wrangel Island7 Stefansson in London8 The Sector ClaimConclusion: Canada of ItselfAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Janice Cavell works in the Historical Section at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Jeff Noakes is a historian at the Canadian War Museum.

This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic ... the recent flurry of books on the Canadian North has included several broad and sweeping studies of Canad's Arctic policy ... however, more detailed works that fully explore the contours of Canada's Arctic policy are required. Other historians should follow the lead of Cavell and Noakes to describe the progression of Canada's policy since the country received its Arctic Archipelago in 1880 because many historical policy issues are still germane to debates about the Arctic today. - Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Polar Record, Vol. 64, No. 4) This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic. High-quality photographs and maps add to the story of adventure, exploration, and intrigue that the authors set out to tell. Moreover, this history is both timely and important.- Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Arctic)

• Introduction: A Policy of Secrecy1 Taking Hold of the North2 The Danish Threat3 An Expedition to Ellesmere Land4 A Citizen of the British Empire5 Rasmussen in London6 Wrangel Island7 Stefansson in London8 The Sector ClaimConclusion: Canada of ItselfAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex

Janice Cavell works in the Historical Section at Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. Jeff Noakes is a historian at the Canadian War Museum.

This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic ... the recent flurry of books on the Canadian North has included several broad and sweeping studies of Canad's Arctic policy ... however, more detailed works that fully explore the contours of Canada's Arctic policy are required. Other historians should follow the lead of Cavell and Noakes to describe the progression of Canada's policy since the country received its Arctic Archipelago in 1880 because many historical policy issues are still germane to debates about the Arctic today. - Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Polar Record, Vol. 64, No. 4) This well-written and readable work deserves a place on the bookshelves of historians, students, and popular readers interested in the Canadian Arctic. High-quality photographs and maps add to the story of adventure, exploration, and intrigue that the authors set out to tell. Moreover, this history is both timely and important.- Peter Kikkert, University of Western Ontario (Arctic)

• Introduction: A Policy of Secrecy1 Taking Hold of the North2 The Danish Threat3 An Expedition to Ellesmere Land4 A Citizen of the British Empire5 Rasmussen in London6 Wrangel Island7 Stefansson in London8 The Sector ClaimConclusion: Canada of ItselfAppendixNotesBibliographyIndex