Our Research:

This research will attract a diverse audience both inside and outside the academic community, and we will disseminate our results accordingly. First and foremost, we are writing a book entitled The DEW Line: A Spatial History. This book will be a significant landmark in the history and geography of Canada, Arctic studies, Cold War history, political geography, native studies, and environmental studies.

In addition to several articles on the DEW Line and the Cold War Arctic, we will disseminate our research findings through regular presentations at Canadian and American academic conferences in history, geography, and other appropriate fields. We will also ensure that results are available to Northern communities, the policy community, and a popular audience. Alongside the personal ‘Dewliner’ sites already online (click on the Links button for a list), this site will serve as a general hub for contacts, photographs, and documents.

Publications:

P.W. Lackenbauer and Matthew Farish. “The Cold War on Canadian Soil: An Environmental History.” Environmental History, forthcoming 2007.

Matthew Farish. “Frontier Engineering: From the Globe to the Body in the Cold War Arctic.” The Canadian Geographer 50(3) (2006): 177-196.

P.W. Lackenbauer, Matthew Farish, and Jennifer Arthur-Lackenbauer. The Distant Early Warning (DEW) Line: A Bibliography and Document Resource List. Arctic Institute of North America, November 2005. 125 pp. ISBN 1-894788-01-X.