An Approach to Polar Research

Discusses role of the National Science Foundation in U.S. research in the Arctic and Antarctic. For the latter NSF has fostered a coordinated basic research program. Some features of it and techniques developed might be utilized in a bipolar program on problems of common interest, e.g. conjugate phe...

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Published in:ARCTIC
Main Author: Jones, T.O.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1963
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.14430/arctic3532
http://arctic.journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/arctic/index.php/arctic/article/viewFile/3532/3507
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Summary:Discusses role of the National Science Foundation in U.S. research in the Arctic and Antarctic. For the latter NSF has fostered a coordinated basic research program. Some features of it and techniques developed might be utilized in a bipolar program on problems of common interest, e.g. conjugate phenomena of the upper atmosphere, international cooperation, etc. Proposals for basic research in the Arctic are welcomed.