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Author Belanger, Dian Olson, 1941-

Title Deep freeze : the United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the origins of Antarctica's age of science / Dian Olson Belanger.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xxix, 494 pages) : illustrations, maps
Americans language
text file
Bibliography 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.
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Subject United States. Navy. Task Force 43 -- History.
United States. Navy. Task Force 43.
History.
États-Unis. Navy. Task Force 43 -- Histoire.
International Geophysical Year (1957-1958)
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- American.
Antarctica.
Discoveries in geography.
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
Chronological Term 1957-1958
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
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)
1607320673 (electronic book)
0870818309 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780870818301 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
1607320665
9781607320661