Interview of George Cvijanovich by Laura J. Kissel

• Main Author: Cvijanovich, George
• Other Authors: Kissel, Laura J.
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program 2005
• Subjects: Project Ice Skate; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > Interviews; Cvijanovich; George > Interviews; International Geophysical Year (IGY) (1957-1958); Arctic; Byrd; Helms; North Pole; Sullivan
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1811/6063

Charles Towns, pp.2 Admiral Thomas, pp. 3 Captain Smith, pp. 7, 18-19, 21 Mr. Audeshaw, pp. 12 Mr. Untersteiner, pp. 13, 17-18 Professor Glazer, pp. 15 CIA Director Helms, pp. 21 Ed Sullivan, pp. 22 Hugh Downs, pp. 22 Dorothy Kilgallen, pp. 22 Dave Garraway, pp. 22 Alex Cvijanovich, pp. 23 The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Dr_George_Cvijanovich.mp3 Dr. Cvijanovich moved from geophysics at the Saharian Research Center to chief scientist at the USA North Pole Expedition Project “Ice Skate”. At Columbia University he developed a nuclear magnetic resonance detector for measuring the magnetic field of the Earth. He was asked to take over Station Alpha on the ice floe “Ice Skate”. He describes some of the challenges on the floe and on leaving the floe. The scientists took many cores. One had alternate layers of pink and gray mud. He describes the testing of the NMR instrument before taking it to the Arctic. After returning to Switzerland, he had the first experiment run on the high energy accelerator at Geneva. He returned to the U.S. and held positions at different universities. His experiences in the Arctic were retold on numerous radio shows. Cvijanovich briefly describes seeing a “yellow cloud” while in the Arctic. Major Topics Cvijanovich’s work at the Sorbonne and Columbia University Experiences on the ice floe “Ice Skate” Interaction between military personnel and scientists Development of a nuclear magnetic resonance instrument First experiment on the high energy accelerator at Geneva Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.