VOL. III TO. 3 THE ARCnC CIRCLLIJl 30 around the shallow lakes and ponds which characterize the ION in erier of the island. A few dwarf willO\is occur in the t·,tter drained sites. The dry J grav'?lly ridges and tht:. d1.51nt ~ated 1 imestone surface of the northern part of the slan~ re lar ely barren, but do suprart scattered colani a of 'the erotic poppy acd the purple saxi:I ;-e. Air ForCE Islan~ ~rovides nno r.er hati~5t round th~ low, rocks ~1119 e.t -""p northern und ,..;here the arctic white heather and the nount""in sorrel are ('ommon. The list of species from the slands is relatively small and, as would be expected, is typic;,;.l of theso low island habitats. FIEY~OUS . istory: On:3 Septembt:.r 1932 Captain 'o{.A. Poolc, C.';.S. OCt;8 ED.t-le, Jepartme:.:lt of Railwayg and Canals, ... l:cboTI";",, 4 n:ilcs froc. la;'ld in lati ude 67 47 1 28 N. T~€ coas:. .~. TisibL... for 15 n:.iles both tc he l:lG !ind to 'the ":.>...Hl. 'I'hc lar.d did no ~xtend sou'th to latitude 67018 r. in lor.Cl.t UQt. '7e °20 ',/. '1'::is dis cov-ery HaS recorded in the lee of t;i€. OCt,;.an Eap1el and in II report submitted to otts.\~a in Septem\.er 1932, with a map showinG tho known and probable ertent of the now land. The island was named Poold Island (Dcpart~ent of MarinE, 1933, p.8). This island is clearly t~c s~mc ~s that photoeraphed by the R.C ..F. in IS48 and offici...... lljo' narr.~d Prince:. Cl1ar les IsIE:nd by thE Car:adian Boar d on G€ogrc:r=:icCi.l !ju::l.t.5 on 7 l..prl1 1949. Tr.1,,; no.me Feole Isle-nd C1d r.o DT",viously been submitted to the; Boc.rd j und on 6 A Iil 950 the Board ap~rov~d naming h~ ~os ves srIy point of prine C~ar~ds Island Poole Point after Captain Foolc. In F€.brlIDIY 19J9 the British C.:lnudian-Arctic Expedition saw the hills of the northern part of the south­ eust islcnd (Air Force Islnnd), but mistook them for two znall ':'£,1' nds. Durin; thb Sa.l!lC Clonth, tht:Y saw tho.:, no:!'th~r'1 pa=t 01 t.h:.- north lsl~nd (FolGY Island l \'.':tich :;a5 n:..:J!1.ed AnQ.crsor: IsIE....'1d for Dr. R.L. Ar:.dt;.rson, of the. !·ation.:::.l ~uscum of C:m- d:..., wi t-" tr t approvel of he l:t:r. G c£r~pt.~c _oc.r 6. of C"",nt:.c., in 19L1. A map end dc.scrip'2ion s.~c\lir.. "c :a.o·,:n r,t;~!'t 0'" t.r.cst.:- islc.nds was rt.;.blishcd. T:tcy v:cr also c.::J tEd I l'lhlvipution condit tons in Hudson Bay u.nd Str&it durine the Soason of NElviz&tion 19J2"1 D6paltment of Ear inc I 19JJ 1 p. 3f • 2 l:~!"'.rdn- J T.R. J Geogrc:chicc.l JournE.l, Vol. 101 (1743) p~. 22 G-25". ------ - - ---- - VOL. :n i'O. 3 Trw i,RCTIC CIRCl1L.Af 31 on the Notional Topocraphic Series 8 mile map of Foxe Basin. The names Air Force Ish.. nd and Foley Island were officially adopted by the Bo~rd on Geographicul Nam~s on 1 September 19L9 nd the hi h ground OC Folcy Island, pre viously off ic lally n&....\:> .>Jlderson :~l£.r.jJ ~.:'l':; ~e.rr.ed An.aerson Bluff on 6 :.pri .... 1950. Fol~:· :slund wes n::'I:f.d t.f' E.::- he navigator of t e R.C.A.:'. pLn ,;',loh sight~d t.e isknds and \.no was later kllled in :!. pl_;1 c::-ash nc .... r Ottc.wo. The mt;.ffi::>t!rs of tL€: 1949 expedition to the islands in Foxe E~sin were: \'1.1<.\1. EuldHin, botanist C.~. Buyns, g~o:oGist D E. Coc~b~, gbcgr~pher end geodesist ..... ! . '":."oh rsen ceoy. <:..rrd :.ssist::nt zoolo~ist T.::. t.~:::..r.r inc- I 2-toc.der, g€:ogr.:.pher, r.r d vertebrate ZQolo..;.i['t C. :;;rrill, Becr... he:- c.nd ~ngint:er Po.l,:. P~ckt.r: gcogr-:.ph--.:r StZ.I vtll, ion nct:.r Tiline; I Foxe Bo.3 inIN.W. T. Durin~ the samm~r of 1946 ~n old Eskimo, Ootogoochoo (_dd.... L. ic!:t':or. ~TO. ::::-569), cacht.d SOl'k. d~6r D. ft.\'! mile~ ',/es'" f Filir.~. IL t.t; 1'_11 h rmde c;:u:p \Ii"th another Esk·.oo~ }:Y!ik~·.Jc..k (E5-_59), c.t 7.~-sr.ook=-~J e.bout rblf WC,;.'j' tc~~~e~ ?~:ir- ~~d St~cs~' Inl~t. ~&r~y in Dececb~r r~~k.u~~ dccid~d to move to Ig ooju~k on St6~nsby Inlet. He left a nunber of seul~ ~t thL CG~p for Ootogoochoo, Who continued to liVt t!lcrc until tll;y Here finished, wh~n he d~cid,.;d to move to riling tl"'l liv. off his dber cache. OotoPOOC.100 Hud ;/ith him his young wife, har tHO sar.s bJ t. rrt:.vio·J<:' mnrric. 1.., on\.< six ... nd thE. othf;.r four years o_d, ena Q ~~vt;I.t6en-ye(lr-old ::dopt~d d3ueh~~r. O~ a~=:,~: at ?il~- ~~ looK\.<d for his c~ch~, ~~t repc~ted attE;.!;rpt.3 ;....::.:.1 d. (,oJ 10.... ·.. ~ it. ThoJ old :u.:..n's ..;.ycsigl:t was apr:u n+-l;,.· \. ~':.k er.d h:"s r..ind £..~d JnE!lOr.)" fa~lin He hs.d !l Tifl E.r.d Elr:r. J.lit:.o!. but thCIt;, we-re !'to SIgns f e;C-..ffi~. First the lit~l~ ~rty atc th€i~ dogs ~nd thEn much of th£lr debr-sl.in cloth';'ll{" anu. slteping skins. On January 30 tho y ounv('! 1 tlOY dif. d: p=o bo ~ly of cold re.ther than direct 9t~r­ vatlon. The old ~n thLn start~d Loting the body and USIng it ~s ~ ~ource of ~~t for thL l~mp, thoup,h ~tteffipti~ to concc.:..l ~_..:..s c.c:'':cr.s. On F~trut:r~· 13 ho\.cVtr tt diEd of st~~~t1~n ~Ld "~3 fcllow~ by the oldLr boy a week lat:r on Fcbru"rr ~u. 'I'tt. :::WC "vcoen t.!:e.n triEd to w..::.lk to ------- - - VCL. III .0. 3 T"riI: ,..l<CTIC CmCUL.R 32 Ic1oojuak, but they were too weak to stand and returned to the ieloo. "'"bout tt:is time they started to use the bodies for food. ?~eamlhile lack of ne\lS from Piling was causing eoneel'n at Ielooiuak. Two Eskimo, 0 agooehoo (E5-399) and K""pc (~5-45e), ;et out to look for the party but return€ d wit. out findiL- thE~ owing to bad weather. On February 2~ a s cond seareh party of Otagooch00 J Y.yak juak f an d ?..yoochuk (E5- L ), found tte igloo. The two women were still aliv~ but in a deploracle condition. They were unrecognizabL~J tht~ byes sternad to be startin- out of their heads una t,'jcn they tried c speak tteir' voic~s CQuid not be heard. In addition to the ycun[ boy, part of the older boy had been ec.t n lout not tnt;; old man. It set-med nlikely th5.'t t~c your. I \/oman could livl;.;J but with cm'l,;;ful attention both rapidly e~ined strcrsth and hevc now recovered completely from tr.€':r ordeal. During a visit in the spring to the site of the tr£~edy Y$akjuck found the cache, containing the meat from thirteen deer, \'lithin 600 yards from the igloo. This episode par~llels in rrLny ,mys e si011&1' OCCtl.. rence in thE Igloolik art-a solte forty or fifty yael's a~o \lhlch vIas reported in dEotail by Knud RE:l.smussen1 • It ust also hav~ teken pl~ce within a few miles of the star­ v tion E:..t Ipluting in ~bout 1835 of three boat cre".ls of :skiQO from Cumbcrlund Sound mcntion~d Qy Boas2 . Exorcise Swoetbriar and. Exercise Sun Ow I During F0bruary of 1950 two nrmy exercises wero c... rri~d c t in the Cun:idicn North. Th~ larger, Exercise S\'1eettr ic.r, Has r. combin... d CD-nedion and Unit.ed States CXGr-C1SG which took pIece along the YUkon-AlE.ska boundary. "The ~l1ain object of the. exercise \'n:.~ to d(jv,,;lop doctrine. ...nd proccdurl3.s tor the ~n:ploymtr_t of co~t inl.d CnnadiE.:.n und U.S. forces opcr.:.tir-e; in tht. 3ubu~ctic) and to tl.st in the; field the 1 R::..sr:ussEn, Krlud, "Tile Irtcllcctunl Culture of the Igloolik 331~i.:.o". Repc~t of t!':c Fifth Thull,;. EXjX.dition, Vol.?, No.1) pp. 29-32. 2 Boas, Franz, "The CentrE"..l Eskimo". Ann. Rtap. Bureau of J.Ir.or iean 3tr.nol""r, Vol.e (1884-5) p. 432. VOL. III NO. 3 THE ARCTIC CIRCUUR 33 latest developments in clothing, food, aircraft, vehicles, weapons, and oth~r e uipment and material. It also provided a ost icportant opportunity for gaining experiEnce in joint and combined planning and in truly inte rated Canada-United States &nd Army-Air Force command.