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Applications of modern technology in an Arctic environment*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

P. F. Cooper Jr
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In northern Canada, the provision of the amenities that twentieth-century technology has made available to everyday life is complicated by several factors. Chief among these are the severity of the climate and the fact that the population is small and scattered, which often means that the expense of such an amenity is considerably greater than it is in the southern part of the country.

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Polar Record , Volume 14 , Issue 89 , May 1968 , pp. 141 - 163
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1968

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