Joseph P. Moody

Joseph P. Moody, M.D., Was born in Canada some 35 years ago. Orphaned when very young, he worked his way through college and was an honor student at medical school where he received a Leonard scholarship. After graduating from the University of Western Ontario in 1946, he was appointed medical health officer for the Canadian East Arctic. With headquarters at Chesterfield Inlet, on the West Coast of Hudson Bay, to which he was accompanied by his wife, viola, and their small daughter, he performed brilliant and versatile service as general practitioner, surgeon and administrator, winning world–wide fame during the epidemic of 1949.Completing his tour of duty that year, he returned in 1950 on his own expedition, occupied with geology and photography. In 1954 he operated the first tourist Safari to the East Arctic. In his present headquarters in Manitowaning, Ontario, he is currently preparing other "snow safaris" designed to take tourists into the Arctic in coming years.… (mais)