North for Knowledge

In Montreal last week twelve men were named to help change other men's minds about the frozen cap of the world--the now-important Arctic.

They were the first governors of the Arctic Institute of North America. This is a new Canadian-U.S. undertaking to study the north. Six governors--businessmen, scientists and diplomats--were appointed for each country. They included famed Arctic Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson and General Manager Philip Chester of the Hudson's Bay Co., which has done business in the Arctic for 175 years.

The airplane had given the Arctic a new global importance. But North American development of the Arctic has lagged behind that of the Soviet Union. Now Canada and the U.S. were getting ready to move on a bigger scale than ever. Some questions the new Institute will seek to answer:

P: How rich is the Arctic?

P: How far and how fast is the mysterious yearly shift of the Magnetic Pole?

P: What are the real boundaries of the huge Arctic islands?

P: Just how do the northern lights disrupt the world's electric communications?

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