Deep freeze: the United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the origins of Antarctica's age of science

• Main Author: Belanger, Dian Olson
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Colorado State University. Libraries 2007
• Subjects: International Geophysical Year; 1957-1958; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > American; Antarctica > Discovery and exploration; United States. Navy. Task Force 43 > History; Antarctic; McMurdo Sound; South Pole; Byrd; Marie Byrd Land; Hallett; Little America; Little America V; Antarc*; Antarctica; Ice Shelf; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10217/87660

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Prologue: the call of the ice -- The international geophysical year: idea to reality -- All hands on deck: logistics for the high latitudes -- Gaining a foothold: operations base at McMurdo Sound -- Little America V: science flagship on...