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Scaife Glacier
Scaife Glacier is located on Axel Heiberg Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut in the Canadian High Arctic. Naming The Scaife Glacier is named after Sergeant Kenneth Scaife (born 1939) who died in an accident in the area on 9 August 1972, while on the final stage of a British Army Expedition. The naming of the glacier was submitted to the Canadian Permanent committee on Geographical Names by the expedition leader Major John Muston, along with another 37 suggestions; this name was the only one to be accepted. Accident details On 9 August 1972 a party left Drop Camp to travel to Base Camp down Airdrop Glacier. The party of 4 left Drop Camp at about 1030 hours and by 1100 hours were negotiating the badly crevassed area one mile west of Drop Camp. It was raining hard and visibility was poor. The first two major crevasses were crossed and the first rope pair had successfully negotiated the third crevasse when the accident occurred. While crossing the narrow ice bridge, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Army Ordnance Corps
The Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) was a corps of the British Army. At its renaming as a Royal Corps in 1918 it was both a supply and repair corps. In the supply area it had responsibility for weapons, armoured vehicles and other military equipment, ammunition and clothing and certain minor functions such as laundry, mobile baths and photography. The RAOC was also responsible for a major element of the repair of Army equipment. In 1942 the latter function was transferred to the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) and the vehicle storage and spares responsibilities of the Royal Army Service Corps were in turn passed over to the RAOC. The RAOC retained repair responsibilities for ammunition, clothing and certain ranges of general stores. In 1964 the McLeod Reorganisation of Army Logistics resulted in the RAOC absorbing petroleum, rations and accommodation stores functions from the Royal Army Service Corps as well as the Army Fire Service, barrack services, sponsors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
