Drift station : Arctic outposts of superpower science /

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Author / Creator:	Althoff, William F.
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, c2007.
Description:	xiii, 357 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Drifting ice stations -- Arctic Ocean. Discovery and exploration, American. Discovery and exploration, Russian. Drifting ice stations. Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- Russian. Arctic regions -- Discovery and exploration -- American. Arctic Ocean. Arctic Regions.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6230603

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ISBN:	1574887718 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781574887716 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-348) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The White Desert
Chapter 2. Red Star: "North Pole-1"
Chapter 3. Fletcher's Ice Island, T-3
Chapter 4. International Geophysical Year
Chapter 5. Arlis, Acoustics, Aidjex, and SPs
Chapter 6. Global Change: Advoncing the Case
Epilogue
Appendix 1. Arctic Ocean Drifting Stations Since the Ice Ship From Expedition of 1893-96, 1937-2004
Appendix 2. Civilian Scientific Investigators, U.S. IGY Drifting Station Alpha, June 1957-November 1958
Appendix 3. Primarily Acoustics U.S. Drifting Stations, Arctic Ocean, 1962-96
Appendix 4. Research Projects Conducted on Arlis II, May 1961-May 1965
Appendix 5. Polyarnik Personnel at Severnyy Polyus-22, Fourth Shift of the Drifting Station, 15 April 1976 to 16 April 1977
Appendix 6. Ice-Island Regulations, Polar Continental Shelf Project, Government of Canada, 1990
Appendix 7. Arctic Research Budgets, Individual U.S. Federal Agencies, 2000-2004 (In Millions of Dollars)
Appendix 8. Plotted Tracks of Selected Drift Stations
Notes
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index
About the Author

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