PROCEEDINGS OF THE LONG-RANGE POLAR OBJECTIVES CONFERENCE, EASTON, MARYLAND, 4-6 MARCH 1968.

• Other Authors: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON D C
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Atmospheric Physics; Meteorology; Economics and Cost Analysis; Geology; Geochemistry and Mineralogy; (*ARCTIC REGIONS; SYMPOSIA); PREDICTIONS; HISTORY; COSTS; ECONOMICS; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH; GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY); MINERALS; CLIMATE; ARCTIC OCEAN; ALASKA; NATURAL RESOURCES; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; Arctic; Antarctic; Arctic Ocean; Antarc*; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0670466; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0670466

As a means of identifying the polar objectives of those agencies having economic and scientific responsibilities, approximately 100 persons attended the Department of Transportation 'Long-Range Polar Objectives Conference' at Easton, Maryland, on 4, 5 and 6 March 1968. The conference was opened by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the Honorable Alan S. Boyd. Selected speakers addressed the conference, high-lighting the breadth of interest in the polar regions and stressing the common dependence on and need for transportation. The heart of the conference consisted of six-working sessions, each under the chairmanship of a carefully selected polar expert. Participating in each session were persons representing a broad cross-section of polar interests. By means of informal discussions, producing a catalytic effect, a first estimate of the collective economic and scientific polar objectives was brought to light. (Author)