Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79
This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied upon the...
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ftuglasgow:oai:eprints.gla.ac.uk:80138 2023-05-15T13:36:54+02:00 Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 Turchetti, S. Dean, K. Naylor, S. Siegert, M. 2008-09 http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/80138/ unknown Cambridge University Press Turchetti, S., Dean, K., Naylor, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/29975.html> and Siegert, M. (2008) Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79. British Journal for the History of Science <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/British_Journal_for_the_History_of_Science.html>, 41(03), pp. 417-444. (doi:10.1017/S0007087408000903 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087408000903>) Articles PeerReviewed 2008 ftuglasgow https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087408000903 2021-09-23T22:56:33Z This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied upon the establishment of new geopolitical conditions, which in the 1960s typified Antarctica as a continent devoted to scientific exploration. These conditions extended the influence of prominent glaciologists promoting RES and helped them gather sufficient support to test its efficiency. The organization and implementation of a large-scale research programme of RES in Antarctica followed these developments. The paper also examines the deployment of RES in Antarctic explorations, showing that its completion depended on the availability of technological systems of which RES was an integral part. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica University of Glasgow: Enlighten - Publications Antarctic The British Journal for the History of Science 41 3 417 444 |
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This paper explores the history of radio echo-sounding (RES), a technique of glaciological surveying that from the late 1960s has been used to examine Antarctica's sub-glacial morphology. Although the origins of RES can be traced back to two accidental findings, its development relied upon the establishment of new geopolitical conditions, which in the 1960s typified Antarctica as a continent devoted to scientific exploration. These conditions extended the influence of prominent glaciologists promoting RES and helped them gather sufficient support to test its efficiency. The organization and implementation of a large-scale research programme of RES in Antarctica followed these developments. The paper also examines the deployment of RES in Antarctic explorations, showing that its completion depended on the availability of technological systems of which RES was an integral part. |
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Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 |
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Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79 |
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Turchetti, S., Dean, K., Naylor, S. <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/author/29975.html> and Siegert, M. (2008) Accidents and opportunities: a history of the radio echo-sounding of Antarctica, 1958–79. British Journal for the History of Science <http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/view/journal_volume/British_Journal_for_the_History_of_Science.html>, 41(03), pp. 417-444. (doi:10.1017/S0007087408000903 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0007087408000903>) |
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