Deep Freeze : The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science /

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In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of science, decades after the first explorers planted flags in the ice. In the tense 1950&...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Navy. > Task Force 43.
United States. > Navy.
États-Unis. > Navy.
United States. > Navy. > Task Force 43 > History.
Discoveries in geography > American.
Discoveries in geography.
HISTORY > General.
TRAVEL.
Annee geophysique internationale, 1957-1958.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
Antarctica.
Antarctique > Decouverte et exploration.
Antarctique > Decouverte et exploration americaines
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > American.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Prologue: the call of the ice
  • The international geophysical year: idea to reality
  • All hands on deck: logistics for the high latitudes
  • Gaining a foothold: operations base at McMurdo Sound
  • Little America V: science flagship on the ice shelf
  • Marie Byrd Land: Crevasse Junction, privation stations
  • South Pole: dropped from the sky
  • The gap stations: Hallett, Wilkes, m and Ellsworth
  • On the eve: people, preparations, policies
  • Comprehending the cold: Antarctic weather quest
  • Looking up: the physics of the atmosphere
  • Under foot: ice by the mile
  • Life on the ice: the experience
  • Science and peace, continuity and change.

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