- Title:
- Exercise Musk Ox: lost opportunities.
- Creator:
- Thrasher, Kevin Mendel
- Date Created:
- 1998
- Degree Awarded:
- Master of Arts
- Subjects:
- Military Maneuvers Cold Weather Conditions Military Maneuvers Canada, Northern Transportation, Military Cold Weather Conditions Arctic Regions Military Policy Politics And Government 1935-1948
- Geographical Focus:
- Canada
- Supporting Materials:
- n/a
- Description:
- This thesis examines, in detail, the Canadian Army Winter Exercise Musk Ox which travelled across nearly the entire Canadian Arctic in 1946. Musk Ox marked the first attempt at crossing the northern latitudes by vehicle, and was designed as a non-tactical exercise to test the soundness of military equipment and its application to peace time pursuits. While the peaceful exploration of the Arctic was an admirable goal, Musk Ox was not the proper vehicle to promote it. The scientific and military (and indeed political) potential of the exercise was not fully exploited and in the end, Musk Ox yielded only limited results.
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- Thrasher, Kevin Mendel. 1998. "Exercise Musk Ox: lost opportunities.", Department of History, Carleton University
- Link to this page:
- https://cuhistory.github.io/grads/items/hist_200.html
Rights
- Rights:
- Copyright the author, all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.