Report on the U.S. Program for the International Geophysical Year July 1, 1957 - December 31, 1958 (1965) / Chapter Skim
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XX ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM Byrd S t a t i o n , A n t a r c t i c a
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAM Page A Organization and Membership of USNC-IGY A n t a r c t i c Committees and Working Groups 853 B
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Consultants J . Glenn Dyer W i l l i a m 0.
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Membership included: Paul A S i p l e , Chairman A l b e r t P
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH B A n t a r c t i c S t a t i o n s With recommendations of the CSAGI i n mind, the USNC-IGY A n t a r c t i c Committee (with the approval of the USNC-IGY)
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Table I INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES WITH ANTARCTIC RESEARCH PROGRAMS The f o l l o w i n g l i s t i n c l u d e s those i n s t i t u t i o n s and government agencies which sponsored programs or were concerned with the r e d u c t i o n or p u b l i c a t i o n of s c i e n t i f i c data c o l l e c t e d during the U.S.-IGY a n t a r c t i c r e s e a r c h program. Aurora A i r Force Cambridge Research Center, L.G.
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH Table I , continued Oceanography U.S. Hydrographic O f f i c e , D i v i s i o n of Oceanography, Washington, D.C.
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Table I I SUMMARY U.S.-IGY ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM 1957-58 00 VO Program Amundsen-Scott 90°S Byrd 120°01'W 79°59'S E l l s w o r t h 41°07'W 77''43'S H a l l e t t ( / N Z ) 170"18'E 72''18'S L i t t l e America 160°10'S 78°11'S Wilkes 110°31'E 66"'15'S McMurdo 166''37'E 77''51'S Aurora X X X X X X Cosmic Rays X X Geomagnetism X X X X X G l a c i o l o g y X X X X X G r a v i t y *
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH C A n t a r c t i c Mapping Program E a r l y i n the planning for the IGY program i n A n t a r c t i c a , i t was recommended that maps of A n t a r c t i c a be prepared from a v a i l a b l e m a t e r i a l and be used as base maps to which could be added the car t o g r a p h i c information obtained by the IGY e x p l o r a t i o n s .
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH D A n t a r c t i c S c i e n t i f i c Programs 1.
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH a u r o r a l zone. I n connection w i t h other s t u d i e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y aurora and ionospheric p h y s i c s , geomagnetic s t u d i e s permitted i n v e s t i g a t i o n s of the time r e l a t i o n s h i p and s p a t i a l comparisons of simultaneous disturbances i n both the Southern and Northern Hemispheres.
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH ( i i ) Deep Core D r i l l i n g ; A deep core d r i l l i n g program, using modified F a l l i n g w e l l - d r i l l i n g equipment, was c a r r i e d out at Byrd S t a t i o n (1957-58)
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH 90»W L80» , SENTINAL \f\ MTS WEDDELL SEA FILCHNER J ICE SHELF BYRD ELLSWORTH L I T T L E AMERICA HORLICK ROSS ROSS SEA SHELF AMUNOSONSCOTT HALLETT McMURDO WILKES US- IGY ANTARCTIC T R A V E R S E S E N D JAN-FEB 1957 LITTLE AMERICA-BYRD TRAVERSE '57-'58 OVERSNOW TRAVERSE '58-59 OVERSNOW TRAVERSE -- -O- '57-58 AIRBORNE TRAVERSE 0 '58-159 AIRBORNE TRAVERSE • US-IGY SCIENTIFIC STATION Figure 1. US-IGY A n t a r c t i c Traverses 864
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH 5. Gravity - (See Chapter V, Projects 5.1, 5.2, 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 5.16, 5.18 and Chapter XVI, Project 20-1)
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ANTARCTIC RESEARCH E L o g i s t i c Support The Department of Defense was dir e c t e d by the Executive branch of the government to provide l o g i s t i c support f o r the U
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