Draft:Harry Stallworthy

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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 (6,562 feet) 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] He died on December 25, 1976 in Comox, British Columbia, at the age of 81.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Sawchuk, C.M (2006). "Red Serge and Polar Bear Pants: The Biography of Harry Stallworthy, RCMP (review)". The Canadian Historical Review. 87 (1): 158–160. doi:10.1353/can.2006.0036. ISSN 1710-1093.
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » Picture Library catalogue". www.spri.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-19.
  5. ^ "Harry Stallworthy fonds. - Archives". searcharchives.ucalgary.ca. Retrieved 2024-05-19.