Arctic Cosmic-Ray Station

A solar cosmic ray research station has been established at Shepherd Bay, N. W. T., Canada, by the National Science Foundation and Douglas Aircraft Company. Its location is the geomagnetic conjugate point of a similar geophysical station at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Physics Today
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing 1963
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3050690
https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article-pdf/16/12/96/8259404/96_2_online.pdf
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Summary:A solar cosmic ray research station has been established at Shepherd Bay, N. W. T., Canada, by the National Science Foundation and Douglas Aircraft Company. Its location is the geomagnetic conjugate point of a similar geophysical station at McMurdo Sound in Antarctica.