Beyond the Breakers

**Episode 168.3 will be coming out after 169 - we did not forget about Port Chicago Pt. 3
In this episode Jess (of Karluk series fame) returns to the show for a discussion largely focused on Canadian attempts to more firmly impose sovereignty on the far northern reaches of Canada's claimed territories. Featuring appearances from Stef, Captain Bartlett (???), polar polymath George Comer, and the dashing Dane Knud Rasmussen.
The Sameer Project
Sources: 
Cavell, Janice and Jeff Noakes. Acts of Occupation: Canada and Arctic Sovereignty, 1918-25. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2010.
Levere, Trevor H. “Vilhjalmur Stefansson, the Continental Shelf, and a New Arctic Continent.” The British Journal for the History of Science, vol. 21, pp. 233 - 247. 
Low, A.P. “Report on the Dominion Government Expedition to Hudson Bay and the Arctic Islands on board the D.G.S. Neptune 1903 - 1904.” https://www.gutenberg.org/files/55479/55479-h/55479-h.htm
Ross, W. Gillies. “Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic: The Neptune Expedition of 1903 - 04.” Arctic: Journal of the Arctic Institute of North America, vol. 29, no. 2, 1976, pp. 87 - 105. 
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In this THREE-part episode we delve into a disaster on the US home front during WWII and the subsequent work stoppage that contributed to the eventual desegregation of the US Navy.
Part I deals with the Port Chicago disaster itself, and Parts II and 3 will cover the details of the famous "mutiny" that took place in its aftermath.
Sources: 
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/port-chicago/port-chicago-lessons-learned.html
Allen, Robert L. “The Port Chicago Disaster and Its Aftermath.” The Black Scholar, vol. 13, no. 2 / 3, Spring 1982, pp. 2 - 29. 
Guttridge, Leonard F. Mutiny: A History of Naval Insurrection. Berkley, 1992. 
Olwell, Russell. “The Mare Island Mutiny: Pressure to Desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces.” OAH Magazine of History, vol. 15, no. 2, Winter 2001, pp. 64 - 70. 
Reddick, L.D. “The Negro in the United States Navy During World War II.” The Journal of Negro History, vol. 32, no. 2, Apr 1947, pp. 201 - 219. 
Wollenberg, Charles. “Black vs. Navy Blue: The Mare Island Mutiny Court Martial.” California History, vol. 58, no. 1, Spring 1979, pp. 62 - 75. 
https://portchicagoalliance.org/history.html - Port Chicago Alliance website
https://portchicagomemorial.org/2006/03/19/port-chicago-in-print-and-music/
Port Chicago Mutiny Jazz Suite

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In this two-part episode we delve into a disaster on the US home front during WWII and the subsequent work stoppage that contributed to the eventual desegregation of the US Navy.
Part I deals with the Port Chicago disaster itself, and Part II will cover the details of the famous "mutiny" that took place in its aftermath.
Sources: 
https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1944/port-chicago/port-chicago-lessons-learned.html
Allen, Robert L. “The Port Chicago Disaster and Its Aftermath.” The Black Scholar, vol. 13, no. 2 / 3, Spring 1982, pp. 2 - 29. 
Guttridge, Leonard F. Mutiny: A History of Naval Insurrection. Berkley, 1992. 
Olwell, Russell. “The Mare Island Mutiny: Pressure to Desegregate the U.S. Armed Forces.” OAH Magazine of History, vol. 15, no. 2, Winter 2001, pp. 64 - 70. 
Reddick, L.D. “The Negro in the United States Navy During World War II.” The Journal of Negro History, vol. 32, no. 2, Apr 1947, pp. 201 - 219. 
Wollenberg, Charles. “Black vs. Navy Blue: The Mare Island Mutiny Court Martial.” California History, vol. 58, no. 1, Spring 1979, pp. 62 - 75. 
https://portchicagoalliance.org/history.html - Port Chicago Alliance website
https://portchicagomemorial.org/2006/03/19/port-chicago-in-print-and-music/
Port Chicago Mutiny Jazz Suite

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In this episode we discuss HMS Hermes, the first vessel designed explicitly as an aircraft carrier. 
The Sameer Project 
Sources:
"Hermes". World War II Database. Osprey Publishing. https://ww2db.com/ship_spec.php?ship_id=160
"HMS Hermes I: Fleet Aircraft Carrier." Index of Naval Aircraft Carriers. 
Symonds, Craig L. World War II at Sea: A Global History. Oxford University Press, 2018. 
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This week it's the story of the cargo vessel MV Rema, lost in the North Sea in April 1998. 
The Sameer Project
Sources:
Flooding and sinking of dry cargo vessel Rema with loss of 4 lives. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/flooding-and-sinking-of-dry-cargo-vessel-rema-off-whitby-england-with-loss-of-4-lives
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