Radio in the Arctic

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 29, 31 January 1930, Page 40

Radio in the Arctic

HE. great value. ‘of radio in the Ar @- tic was demonstrated by- the discovery of the lost party of. explorers,.. headed by Professor. McAlpine, and is emphasised by Mr. "A. M. Narraw ay,’ Assistant Surveyor- -General of the Canadian Government, ‘who had been assigned to assist in the search. All through ‘the search for the lost men the radio communication kept open between, the far northern points had been largely instrumental in bringing suecess. to the search venture.. Thousands of miles of communication were maintained through the vigilance of the Department. of Marine and Yisheries. Conditions at. times were terrible, but there was:never a. complete break in. the service. The stations were operated with a minimum of spare parts, ‘which ‘could be carried in only at widely. separated periods. They : were kept going with low power. In spite of this they had shown that, even up: the Arctic Circle and beyond, ,the whole ‘country could be held ‘togetivar by fast and certain means of comma cation. "This: communication been made possible largely through the devotion of Lieutenant-Commander C. P,- Edwards, chief of the Radio Branch of. the Department of Marine and Fisheries. . I. am saying. this," Mr. Narraway declared, ‘because. I know that Commander Edwards has.at times worked night.and day personally to see that there was no. ‘preach in our.’ communication with the north." .