Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. Exploration of the Canadian Arctic documents the International Nickel Company's grassroots exploration of the Canadian Arctic in the 1960 field season. This well-detailed story of the search for economic mineralization in Canada's most isolated regions is at once fascinating and educational. In this historical adventure, Ronald Seavoy and his colleagues encounter many little-known arctic phenomenon, both animal and environmental, with interesting and unexpected results.