. . . . . . . . . . . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier"@fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (January 1, 1852 \u2013 December 26, 1934) was a Canadian mariner from Quebec who led expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in the early 20th century. He was born in L'Islet, Quebec, the son of Captain Thomas Bernier and C\u00E9linas Paradis. At the age of 14, he became a cabin boy on his father's ship. Three years later, he became captain of his own ship and commanded sailing ships for the next 25 years. Bernier was named governor for the jail at Quebec City in 1895. From 1904 to 1911, he explored the Arctic archipelago on annual voyages in his ship the CGS Arctic and officially claimed the islands for Canada. Bernier retrieved documents that had been stored in caches by earlier Arctic explorers. He also established Royal Canadian Mounted Police posts in the Canadian north. During World War I, Bernier commanded a ship which transported mail along the eastern coast and carried goods in convoys across the Atlantic. He returned to patrolling the arctic after the war's end, continuing until his retirement in 1925, when he was awarded the Royal Geographical Society's Back Award. Historian and expert on Northern Sovereignty Michael Byers noted that Bernier placed a plaque on Melville Island, in 1909, claiming Canadian Sovereignty over not only the entire Arctic Archipelago, but a wedge of the Arctic Ocean \"from longitude 60\u00B0W to 141\u00B0W up to latitude 90\u00B0N,\" ie, all the way to the North Pole. Byer characterized this claim as an articulation of , and noted how diplomats had widely rejected Russia's claims to a wedge of the Arctic, extending to the North Pole. Bernier died of a heart attack in L\u00E9vis at the age of 82. He published Master Mariner and Explorer: A Narrative of Sixty Years at Sea ... in 1939. Joseph Idlout's daughter, Leah Idlout, has said that her father was the son of Bernier. It is thought that Idlout may have been the only son of Bernier. Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier and his Northern expeditions are featured on pages 12 & 13 of the 36 page Canadian Passport."@en . . . . "21744127"^^ . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier"@de . . . . . . . . . . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (1er janvier 1852 \u00E0 L'Islet - 26 d\u00E9cembre 1934 \u00E0 L\u00E9vis) est un capitaine de navire et un explorateur canadien du Qu\u00E9bec. Le 1er juillet 1909, il a d\u00E9pos\u00E9 une plaque sur l'\u00EEle de Melville proclamant la souverainet\u00E9 du Canada sur les \u00EEles de l'Arctique. Entre 1906 et 1925, il a fait 12 exp\u00E9ditions dans l'Arctique et y a pass\u00E9 8 hivers."@fr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1025234185"^^ . . "Kapit\u00E4n Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (* 1. Januar 1852 in L\u2019Islet, Qu\u00E9bec; \u2020 26. Dezember 1934 in L\u00E9vis, Qu\u00E9bec) war ein kanadischer Polarforscher. Er unternahm zwischen 1904 und 1911 im Auftrag des kanadischen Parlaments diverse Polarexpeditionen und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten kanadischen Polarpioniere seiner Zeit. Bernier kommandierte in seinem Leben \u00FCber 100 Schiffe und \u00FCberquerte 269-mal den Atlantik."@de . . "Kapit\u00E4n Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (* 1. Januar 1852 in L\u2019Islet, Qu\u00E9bec; \u2020 26. Dezember 1934 in L\u00E9vis, Qu\u00E9bec) war ein kanadischer Polarforscher. Er unternahm zwischen 1904 und 1911 im Auftrag des kanadischen Parlaments diverse Polarexpeditionen und gilt als einer der bedeutendsten kanadischen Polarpioniere seiner Zeit. Bernier kommandierte in seinem Leben \u00FCber 100 Schiffe und \u00FCberquerte 269-mal den Atlantik."@de . . . . . . . . . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (January 1, 1852 \u2013 December 26, 1934) was a Canadian mariner from Quebec who led expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in the early 20th century. He was born in L'Islet, Quebec, the son of Captain Thomas Bernier and C\u00E9linas Paradis. At the age of 14, he became a cabin boy on his father's ship. Three years later, he became captain of his own ship and commanded sailing ships for the next 25 years. Bernier was named governor for the jail at Quebec City in 1895. From 1904 to 1911, he explored the Arctic archipelago on annual voyages in his ship the CGS Arctic and officially claimed the islands for Canada. Bernier retrieved documents that had been stored in caches by earlier Arctic explorers. He also established Royal Canadian Mounted Police posts in the Canadian north. Dur"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier (1er janvier 1852 \u00E0 L'Islet - 26 d\u00E9cembre 1934 \u00E0 L\u00E9vis) est un capitaine de navire et un explorateur canadien du Qu\u00E9bec. Le 1er juillet 1909, il a d\u00E9pos\u00E9 une plaque sur l'\u00EEle de Melville proclamant la souverainet\u00E9 du Canada sur les \u00EEles de l'Arctique. Entre 1906 et 1925, il a fait 12 exp\u00E9ditions dans l'Arctique et y a pass\u00E9 8 hivers."@fr . "Joseph-Elz\u00E9ar Bernier"@en . . "5366"^^ . .