Dan Buss Visits JAWS Stations - April 1968 and April 1969

Notes:

1. When Don Archibald retired in 1971, Dan Buss took over the Canadian science aspects of the Joint Arctic Weather Stations in collaboration with USA staff. In 2026 Dan Buss died and his family found many photos from Dan's work days in AES. The photos below were taken while Dan visited the JAWS stations in the springs of 1968 and 1969.

2. In 1973, the JAWS collaborative program between Canada and the USA ended. Dan also took photos of the closing ceremony in Silver Spring MD, and they are found here.

Alert - April 1968 Dan Buss	Alert - April 1968 Dan Buss
Alert - April 1968 Dan Buss	Resolute - April 1969 Dan Buss
Alert - April 1968 Dan Buss in crevasse	Alert - April 1969 Ice thickness measurers unknown; Dan Buss facing camera, ? Isachsen April 1969 Dan Buss
Alert April 1969 left: Dan Buss; Right: Ivor Sherlock (dentist)	Resolute - 25 April 1969 Governor General Roland Michener, Norah Willis Michener with aides during a multi-day Arctic tour.

Alert - April 1968

l to r: J Glenn Dyer, Ralph Plaisted, Dan Buss, Admiral David M Tyree, Weldy Phipps.

About the above photo:

Ralph Plaisted, a Minnesota insurance salesman and explorer, led a snowmobile expedition that reached the geographic North Pole on April 19-20, 1968. His team included Walter Pederson, Gerald Pitzl, and Jean-Luc Bombardier.

Many polar historians regard this as the first confirmed surface journey to the North Pole. Rear Admiral David M. Tyree, a U. S. Navy officer with extensive polar experience, reviewed the expedition's navigation evidence. His assessment helped establish the credibility of Plaisted's claim, which was important because earlier claims to have reached the North Pole had been disputed.

A U.S. Air Force weather reconnaissance aircraft also confirmed the expedition's position at the North Pole after the team signaled the aircraft by radio.

Dan Buss met the expedition leaders in the mess at Alert.

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