Welland Phipps

Phipps joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and became a fighter pilot in World War II.

[1] Atlas Aviation introduced the first regular scheduled airline service to Canada's most northern communities.

The Inuit named him "Angayuroluk", an affectionate nickname roughly translated as "poor older brother".

[citation needed] On April 5, 1971, his wife, Frances Phipps, was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the first woman to set foot on the North Pole, when she accompanied him on a flight to install a navigation beacon.

[3] Phipps delivered supplies to a number of notable arctic expeditions, including Ralph Plaisted in 1967 and 1968.