Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science by Dian Olson Belanger - 2010-11-15

University Press of Colorado, November 2010. Trade Paperback. Used - Good. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

University Press of Colorado, 2010-11-15. Paperback. Good.

University Press of Colorado. 2010. Trade paperback. Fine.. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 494 p. Contains: Maps. Audience: General/trade. . No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. No remainder mark. .

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Univ Pr of Colorado, 2010. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 494 pages. 8.75x5.75x0.75 inches.

University Press of Colorado, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. As New/No Dust Jacket. 1st Softcover Edition: 494 pages, illustrated b/w photos, maps. As New, appears unread. 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 1950s even as the world was locked in the Cold War, U.S. scientists, maintained by the Navy's Operation Deep Freeze, came together in Antarctica with counterparts from eleven other countries to participate in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). On July 1st 1957 they began systematic, simultaneous scientific observations of the south-polar ice and atmosphere. Their collaborative success over eighteen months inspired the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, which formalised their peaceful pursuit of scientific knowledge. Still building on the achievements… Read More