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" Deep freeze : "
Dian Olson Belanger
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BL
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638547
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Belanger, Dian Olson,1941-
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Deep freeze : : the United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the origins of Antarctica's age of science /\ Dian Olson Belanger
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xxix, 494 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 24 cm
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0870818309
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: 9780870818301
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: 9780870818301
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-474) and index
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| Contents
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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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United States.-- History
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International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958
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Antarctica, Discovery and exploration, American
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Antarctica, Discovery and exploration
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919.8/9
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G872.A46B45 2006
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