Going North: A Reflection on Lines at the First Canadian Road to the Arctic Coast

The experience of the first Canadian Road to the Arctic Coas informed the trajectory of this thesis which investigates "the line" as a tool that explores and describes spatial understandings: whether as a physical artifact in space (the road), in making (maps, notations, models and drawings), in storylines (with their material consequences) or physical perspectives (as lines of sight); all of which inform thinking and acting in and toward the site of study. A line doesn't necessarily manifest as "the dot that went for a walk", but often as an inclination, a thought pattern, a habit of spatial engagement, an assumption, or a physical act. The lines we draw and imagine, order our spatial and social practices and write the stories of our understandings. Through a series of reflective exercises this thesis looks for ways in which we might begin destabilizing our patterns of seeing, thinking and making.