B. Frank Heintzleman (1888-1965)

B. Frank Heintzleman, a Fellow of the Arctic Institute since 1955, died in Juneau, Alaska on 24 June, 1965. Mr. Heintzleman was an outstanding Alaskan and a leader in the development of the Territory for many years. After Alaska became a State, Mr. Heintzleman devoted most of his time to the encouragement and nurturing of its development possibilities. Frank Heintzleman was born in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, in 1888. He was a forester and received his B.S. in Forestry from the Pennsylvania State College in 1907 and his M.F. from Yale in 1910. He was appointed the Regional Forester for Alaska in 1937 and held that position until 1953. During the same interval he was the Commissioner for Alaska of the Department of Agriculture. During World War II he directed the Alaska Spruce Log Program, a public agency formed to take Sitka spruce from Alaska forests for aircraft material. In 1953 he became the Governor of the Territory of Alaska, a position which he held until 1957. Alaska will miss Frank Heintzleman. His broad knowledge of the State, his long experience, his high principles and his dedication to the development of the State were invaluable

Assignment and Negotiation: A Violation of Due Process

An installment contract is an agreement between a buyer and a seller, whereby, for consideration received, the buyer agrees to pay a certain specified amount to the seller in periodic installments until the total contract price is paid. This type of contract may arise in an infinite variety of situations, ranging from loan agreements and retail purchases to club memberships. Generally these contracts are drafted by the seller and the language contained is usually incomprehensible to the average consumer. As a result, the consumer often finds that he has waived rights to which he would otherwise be entitled. Simply stated, the problem is that most consumers do not know what they are signing

The Story of the Naval Arctic Research Laboratory

The Laboratory, established in Aug 1947 by the US Office of Naval Research, itself not yet two years old, was started by seven men led by the first director, L. Irving at Barrow, Alaska at the main supply camp of the Naval Petroleum Reserve No.4, where exploration continued until 1953. The Arctic Institute and later the Univ of Alaska have been closely associated with the ARL. The key people in ONR and successive directors of the Lab are noted, the main interests and directions sketched. Some 1500 persons representing 86 universities in nine countries and many institutions have participated in research at the Laboratory; many US government agencies have used it as a project base

One Aspect of Financing the Arctic Institute

Last December in Washington, in my report to the Board of Governors, some aspects of Institute financing were described, especially some of he major sources of support. Today I want to discuss with the Board a segment of Institute financing that, I believe, is little understood but with the essence of which each Governor, I think, should be familiar. I want to outline what the Institute does with the unrestricted funds that it obtains. Only by understanding the use of unrestricted funds can each of you expect to be effective in assisting your organization to acquire the unrestricted funds it needs to advance toward its objectives. The basic aim of the Arctic Institute is to encourage and support the acquisition of knowledge about the polar regions and to disseminate that knowledge. Anything that the Institute does should be toward that aim. In the financial year that ended on June 30, 1963 the Institute acquired a total of $118,000 that was free for use in any way the Institute desired. The money came from such items as contributions from governments, corporations, foundations, and individuals; interest and dividends; and gain on the sale of securities. It does not include$12,000 from membership dues and sales of publications because the auditors apply that income to reduce the cost of administration of Institute operations

The Geological Survey in Alaska: Field Season of 1949

Outline of work carried out by the geologic, topographic, water resources, and conservation divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey, in fields of mineralogy, petroleum, permafrost, engineering geology, mapping, etc

Charles W. Thomas (1903-1973)

Rear Admiral Charles W. Thomas, U.S. Coast Guard (Retired) was born in Pasadena, California in 1903. On 3 March 1973 he and his wife were struck down and killed by a speeding car in Ushuaia, southern Argentina, while they were attempting to walk across the street. Admiral Thomas was well known in polar circles - both north and south. At the time of his death he was serving as lecturer and ice pilot on the passenger motor vessel Linblad Explorer, which was on a cruise to the Antarctic. ... He will long be remembered as one of the polar "greats". He was elected a Fellow of the Arctic Institute in January 1959 for distinguished scientific service in the Arctic. He earned Masters' degrees in Marine Geology (Washington University) and Marine Biology (The University of Maryland). He was a qualified oceanographer. He is the author of papers on such diverse subjects as sea pollution, undersea research, polar navigation, and ship handling. His well-known book, Ice is Where You Find It, was published in 1951. Admiral Thomas, following his graduation from the Coast Guard Academy in 1924, rose steadily in rank and in responsibility in the Coast Guard, until his retirement as Rear Admiral in late 1957. In June 1943, Thomas was placed in command of the cutter Northland, which captured and destroyed a Nazi weather-radio station, and established a Naval Station on Jan Mayen Island. The following year found him in command of the heavy-duty, combat icebreaker Eastwind, and of a northeast Greenland Task Unit. Eastwind pursued through the icepack and captured the German armed trawler Externstiene, and another weather station on North Little Koldeway Island off the northeast coast of Greenland. For those exploits, the then Captain Thomas was awarded the Legion of Merit. Capt. Thomas became the Commander, Greenland Patrol, early in 1945. After the war, in 1946-1947, RADM Thomas commanded the icebreaker Northwind on the fourth Byrd expedition to the Antarctic, designated Operation High Jump. His ship cleared the way through the ice of the Ross Sea for the Navy cargo ships. The following year, 1948, in the same ship he reestablished the Bering Sea Patrol that had been suspended during the war. Several other assignments followed, and in 1955 he was designated Chief of Staff, Antarctic Planning Group to implement the Navy's support of U.S. participation in the Antarctic in the International Geophysical Year. As that effort moved from the planning to the operational phase, designated Operation Deep Freeze I, Thomas was named Chief of Staff and Aide to Commander, Task Force 43. He was assigned additional duty as Task Unit Commander, Deep Freeze I. That assignment placed him again in command of Eastwind. Captain Thomas was back in the Antarctic again as Task Group Commander in Operation Deep Freeze II. The Group was made up of Northwind and the assault cargo ship Arneb. On his retirement Rear Admiral Thomas accepted direction of Arctic operations for the U.S. National Committee for the International Geophysical Year. There followed until his death a long line of diverse activities to add to what was already a full and exotic career. In 1958 he undertook the direction of a study of the Arctic Basin and its sea ice for the University of Washington. In 1960 he accepted a post with Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. From 1963 until his retirement from the University in 1969 he was Assistant Director of the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics. Later he was a professor of science at Nathaniel Hawthorne College in New Hampshire. ..

Brigadier General Herbert W. Love, 1913-1988

Herbert W. Love, a former executive director of the Arctic Institute of North America, died in Green Valley, Arizona, on 14 March 1988. ... As its executive director, General Love served the Institute, and served it well, from the time he took over in January 1968 until he left it under somewhat turbulent circumstances in May 1975. His major regret in the change of direction of the Institute was that an independent and joint Canadian-United States organization was no longer possible. General Love had a long and distinguished military career both overseas and in Canada

Scientific Research and Northern Development

Comments on research in Canada and Alaska, and on resource development as dependent on research: the renewable, and non-renewable resources, also such non-expandable resources as geographic location, ice, snow, etc. Contributions of the Canadian and U.S. Governments, universities, and private industries are outlined