Interview of Edwin C. Flowers by Laura J. Kissel

• Main Author: Flowers, Edwin C.
• Other Authors: Kissel, Laura J.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2011
• Subjects: Antarctica > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Meteorology > Antarctica > Interviews; Flowers; Edwin C. > Interviews; International Geophysical Year (IGY) (1957-1958); Byrd; Siple; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/50006

Mel Habner; Herb Hanson; Floyd Johnson; Paul Siple The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Edwin_Flowers.mp3 Recollections of Flowers' experience in Antarctica during the IGY as weather observer. Topics include: how he became a meteorologist and subsequently how he became involved with the IGY; daily life at the station; his role as a weather observer and what was involved in that, such as balloon launches; Paul Siple, and his influence on all who were there; relationship between navy personnel and civilian scientists; his relationship with other important people in Antarctica during that time. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.