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1 online resource (xxix, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Americans language |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-474) and index. |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
United States. Navy. Task Force 43 -- History.
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United States. Navy. Task Force 43. |
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History. |
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États-Unis. Navy. Task Force 43 -- Histoire. |
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International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) |
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
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Antarctica. |
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Discoveries in geography. |
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Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
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International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
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Chronological Term |
1957-1958 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941- Deep freeze. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2006 0870818309 9780870818301 (DLC) 2006017263 (OCoLC)69594000 |
ISBN |
9781607320678 (electronic book) |
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1607320673 (electronic book) |
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0870818309 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780870818301 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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1607320665 |
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9781607320661 |
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