From 1947–1972, the Joint Arctic Weather Stations (JAWS) program transformed Canada’s High Arctic. This article focuses on Canada’s aspirations to “Canadianize” the joint program from the late 1940s to the late 1960s. Both Canada and the United States questioned the extent and form of American involvement in the JAWS program intermittently over 25 years of joint operations. Was Canadianization of these remote weather stations necessary or practical? This article concludes that, in retrospect, the conventional, dominant narrative that emphasizes the ongoing American threat to Canada’s Arctic sovereignty seems misplaced with respect to the JAWS story.

从1947年至1972年，联合北极气象站（JAWS）计划改变了加拿大的高北极地区。本文重点介绍1940年代末至1960年代末加拿大对“联合计划”进行“加拿大化”的愿望。加拿大和美国都质疑美国在25年的联合行动中断断续续地参与JAWS计划的程度和形式。这些偏远气象站的加拿大化是必要还是实际？本文的结论是，回顾过去，强调美国对加拿大北极主权的持续威胁的传统，占主导地位的叙述似乎与JAWS故事放错了位置。