The first International Polar Year, 1882–83

Karl Weyprecht has left an unforgettable record of polar exploration, but has himself tended to be forgotten. His fame rests not so much with his work in the Arctic, which included the discovery of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, but on the series of international scientific programmes which he initiated in...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Baker, F. W. G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1982
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Arctic
Venus
International Polar Year
IPY
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740001901x
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s003224740001901x 2024-03-03T08:41:55+00:00 The first International Polar Year, 1882–83 Baker, F. W. G. 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s003224740001901x https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S003224740001901X en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 21, issue 132, page 275-285 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1982 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s003224740001901x 2024-02-08T08:39:12Z Karl Weyprecht has left an unforgettable record of polar exploration, but has himself tended to be forgotten. His fame rests not so much with his work in the Arctic, which included the discovery of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa, but on the series of international scientific programmes which he initiated in 1875 with the first International Polar Year (IPY), 1882–83. International scientific programmes can be traced back to 1751, when observations of the parallaxes of the Moon, Mars and Venus were made at six stations in the Northern Hemisphere and at one in the Southern. The most recent, the World Climate Research Programme, organized jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), began in 1980. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic International Polar Year IPY Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Venus ENVELOPE(-57.842,-57.842,-61.925,-61.925) Polar Record 21 132 275 285
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Geography, Planning and Development
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