Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79
Abstract This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0007087408000903 2024-09-15T17:41:25+00:00 Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 TURCHETTI, SIMONE DEAN, KATRINA NAYLOR, SIMON SIEGERT, MARTIN 2008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0007087408000903 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0007087408000903 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms The British Journal for the History of Science volume 41, issue 3, page 417-444 ISSN 0007-0874 1474-001X journal-article 2008 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007087408000903 2024-08-21T04:04:03Z Abstract This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied upon the establishment of new geopolitical conditions, which in the 1960s typified Antarctica as a continent devoted to scientific exploration. These conditions extended the influence of prominent glaciologists promoting RES and helped them gather sufficient support to test its efficiency. The organization and implementation of a large-scale research programme of RES in Antarctica followed these developments. The paper also examines the deployment of RES in Antarctic explorations, showing that its completion depended on the availability of technological systems of which RES was an integral part. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Cambridge University Press The British Journal for the History of Science 41 3 417 444 |
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Abstract This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied upon the establishment of new geopolitical conditions, which in the 1960s typified Antarctica as a continent devoted to scientific exploration. These conditions extended the influence of prominent glaciologists promoting RES and helped them gather sufficient support to test its efficiency. The organization and implementation of a large-scale research programme of RES in Antarctica followed these developments. The paper also examines the deployment of RES in Antarctic explorations, showing that its completion depended on the availability of technological systems of which RES was an integral part. |
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Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 |
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Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 |
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