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Operation Cariberg - For Defence
A piece of paper that looks like its from some sort of magazine has a smaller, cartoonish map of Canada with a snowflake, deer and several snowsuit-clad cartoons of people watermarked over a red travel route that cycles between several locations in…
Topsheet of Research from the Department of National Defence - Ottawa, Canada
A ripped blue topsheet with a "RESEARCH" watermark is attached to the top of a manila folder. The sheet is labeled "Secret" and is from the Department of National Defence - Ottawa, Canada. A table of check-in, check out information is the majority of…
Appendix B of Proposed New Organization of Advisory Committees and Panels of the DRB: List of Recommended Advisory Committees and Their Panel Representation
A table that states the name of the committee within the Defence Research Board and which panels they need representatives from. For example, the Special Weapons Advisory Committee would have representatives from the Chemical Panel, Physical Panel,…
Appendix C of Proposed New Organization of Advisory Committees and Panels of the DRB: List of Proposed Scientific Panels
A document containing a list of proposed scientific panels, the list has seven items: Chemical Panel, Physical Panel, Entomological Panel, Psychological Panel, Physiological Panel, Bacteriological Panel, Electronics Panel
Naval Attache US Embassy Ottawa to Defence Research Board National Defence Headquarters Ottawa
A letter from the US Navy to the Defence Research Board requesting certain scientific information such as prevalence of lead and amount of snow cover in the Arctic for the US Government.
Defence Research in the Canadian Arctic
A document is pictured that looks like a government memo titled "Defence Research in the Canadian Arctic" with the indication "SECRET" in the top left. The first subheading is labelled "General Considerations" and discusses the reasons behind…
Letter from G.W. Rowley DRB Arctic to Naval Attache Captain Gardner at the U.S. Embassy, Ottawa
A letter to a Captain Gardner is a follow up from a previous letter in April about requests from the US Navy. The majority of the letter is a direct excerpt from a communication from the Meteorological Division of the navy outlining what data they…
G. W. Rowley (DRB Arctic) to CD (A) Document Excerpt on the Thickness of Ice
Three paragraphs from a larger document discussing specific data points and figures on the thickness of ice in Canada, requested because the requester had heard that the ice "had been decreasing very rapidly"
G. W. Rowley (DRB Arctic) to CD (A) End of a Letter on the Effect of Melting Polar Ice in Canada
The very end of a letter which contains two paragraphs that enumerate that an open polar sea would have far-reaching economic and strategic effects that should be investigated further. The letter is signed by a G. W. Rowley. It also has handwritten…
Memorandum from G. W. Rowley Partially on the Restrictions around J.I.B. proposals
The end of a memorandum from G.W. Rowley warning against the restrictiveness of the J.I.B. proposals which would lead to opening themselves up to criticism for no purpose that they can immediately see. This memo has a handwritten note under it which…