It was immediately clear why rhododendrons
were the logo of the 1990 Learned
Societies conference in Victoria, B.C. As
participants arrived at the CHA Annual
Meeting at the University of Victoria May
26-29, they passed by thousands of
rhododendron bushes, over 200 different
varieties in full bloom, and breathed
perfumed air
The article describes the purpose-built young adult space in Oakland Public Library\u27s (OPL) 81st Avenue Branch in California. Launched on January 29, 2011, the space emphasizes the library\u27s dedication to young adult literature. The space expands the library\u27s commitment to public space equity for teenagers as well as contributes to the facility\u27s revolution in serving young adult readers. An overview of the planning process involved in the construction of the space.
... Joseph Elzéar Bernier belonged to the fading era of wooden ships and iron men. His father and grandfather were sea captains and shipbuilders. He attended school in L'Islet until he was 14 and then went to sea. Three years later he became master of his vessel. After a hundred voyages to many ports he came ashore to accept the unlikely position of governor of the Quebec jail. This fitted into Bernier's scheme, for it gave him time to read and to study. Since 1872 he had been fascinated by arctic exploration, so now he absorbed all of the published accounts of British, American, Danish, and Norwegian expeditions. In 1898 he gave a lecture before the Quebec Geographical Society expounding on both how he might reach the North Pole by ship and dog-team and how he might sail through the Northwest Passage. This created a stir. He resigned from the jail and started campaigning. ... What appeared to be a key to the realization of his dreams in 1904 was the availability of a stoutly built 650-ton sailing ship with an auxiliary steam engine. This was the Gauss, named for a German astronomer and magnetician, built in Kiel in 1901 for a two-year Antarctic expedition that had been successfully completed. Bernier purchased her for the Canadian government at a bargain price of 75,000andsailedhertoQuebec,whereshewasrenamedArctic.But,alas,thegovernmenthadsurprisinganddisappointingplansforBernier.InsteadofheadinghisownexpeditiontotheNorthPole,hewastoserveonlyasmasteroftheArcticforayearâlongpatroloftheNorthwestMountedPoliceintoHudsonBaytocontrolforeigntradersandwhalers.However,thisinterludegaveBernierexperienceinarctictravelandliving,standinghimingoodsteadforthefuture.Hisshipperformedwell,sohewasnowreadyforwhatevernorthernresponsibilitieshecouldassume....Onhis1908â1909expeditionBerniertooktheArcticthroughhalfthelengthofMâČClureStrait.ItwasinvitinglyopenandhemighthaverealizedhisdreamofsailingthroughtheNorthwestPassage,whichRoaldAmundsenhadalreadydonewithamuchsmallervesselbyamoresoutherlyroutein1903â1906,butBernierlackedauthorizationtoproceedandreluctantlyturnedback.Onhisnextvoyagehehadtheauthorization,butthistimeMâČClureStraitwasiceâchoked....In1912,...hehadlefttheserviceofthegovernmenttoengageinaprivategoldâhuntingandfurâtradingventurearoundPondInlet,BaffinIsland,...In1922theArcticwasrefurbishedforthefirstofaseriesofannualgovernmentexpeditionstotheEasternArcticArchipelago.Bernier,whohadfoundnoBaffingoldandwasnow70yearsold,wasgladtobeplacedinchargeofhisoldshipagain.Thetasksoftheexpeditionsweretomaintainsovereigntyamongthearcticislands(showingtheflag,asitwere),establishnewpostsoftheRoyalCanadianMountedPoliceandreprovisionandrotatethemenatexistingones,seetothehealthandwelfareoftheresidentInuit,andconductscientificinvestigations....In1927BerniercommandedtwotugstowingadredgeandsteelscowfromHalifaxtotheHudsonBayportofChurchill.Thatsameyearhewasgrantedagovernmentpensionof2,400 annually, plus a medal, rewarding him for what he had done to strengthen Canada's title to arctic islands whose potential value was still beyond anyone's dreams - except perhaps his own. On December 26, 1934, at the age of 82, Joseph Elzéar Bernier died. Despite having been thwarted in his early ambition of going to the North Pole or through the Northwest Passage, he had earned a niche in the history of Canadian arctic exploration