- How optimistic is Robinson about the possibilities for Northern
development? - How does he characterize Canada’s post war “Northern Vision”?
- Does Robinson try to debunk any common misunderstandings
about Arctic geography? - What does this suggest about the level of knowledge the average
Canadian reader would have had about the Artic? - How are the Inuit depicted in both text and image?
- Does the article perpetuate popular perceptions of the North as a
hostile and barren wilderness? - How might this article support or undermine the larger messages
conveyed in The Beaver, as outlined by Sangster?