Deep Freeze
The Unites States, the International Geophysical Year, and the origins of Antarctica's Age of Science
Publication Year: 2006
Published by: University Press of Colorado
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1: The International Geophysical Year: Idea to Reality
Early Antarctic explorers often used scientific research to legitimize and attract support for their expensive expeditions. The disappointed Shackleton brought back coal, fossil plants, and petrified wood from his near-conquest of the South Pole...

2: All Hands on Deck: Logistics for the High Latitudes
When Captain George Dufek reported for command of the U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica (Task Force 43), on 16 August 1954, charged to ensure all logistical support for the International Geophysical Year, he knew the Navy had “exactly two years...

3: Gaining a Foothold: Operations Base at McMurdo Sound
The McMurdo-bound Seabees of Operation Deep Freeze I, with little to go on beyond accounts of the Scott and Shackleton expeditions, sketchy Highjump records, and their own mindful preparation, would have to build a base where nearly...

4: Little America V: Science Flagship on the Ice Shelf
The Navy’s simultaneous task in Operation Deep Freeze I was to establish and make ready the IGY’s headquarters science station on the edge of the vast Ross Ice Shelf. This was Little America V, already named to honor the legacy of America’s polar...

5: Marie Byrd Land: Crevasse Junction, Privation Station
As winter began in April 1956 for the 166 souls left in Antarctica, Admiral Dufek returned to Washington to prepare for “our biggest year, our roughest mission.” Operation Deep Freeze II would involve twelve ships and 3,400 men, almost...

7: The Gap Stations: Hallett, Wilkes, and Ellsworth
The remaining three U.S. scientific stations appeared rather belatedly in IGY planning for the Antarctic. Widely scattered along the coastline of the polar continent—Cape Adare, the Knox Coast, and the Weddell Sea—they were all justified...
E-ISBN-13: 9781607320678
E-ISBN-10: 1607320673
Print-ISBN-13: 9781607320661
Print-ISBN-10: 1607320665
Page Count: 554
Illustrations: 46
Publication Year: 2006
OCLC Number: 301059131
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