Book ID: CBB000772124

Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles (2006)

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Benson, Keith Rodney (Editor)
Rozwadowski, Helen M. (Editor)


Science History Publications


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xiv + 393 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Contents (from the publisher):


Reviewed By

Review Anderson, Katharine (2008) Review of "Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 438). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Neushul, Peter (2006) Antarctica beneath the Ice: Marine Botany in the Polar Region. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Day, Deborah (2006) Bibliography on the History of Arctic Marine Science of the 20th Century. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Robinson, Michael F. (2006) Reconsidering the Theory of the Open Polar Sea. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Schwach, Vera (2006) Significant, but Faded in Oblivion: The Norwegian Vøringen-Expedition, 1876--1878. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Mills, Eric L. (2006) Creating a Global Ocean Conveyor: George Deacon and the Hydrology of the Southern Ocean. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Korsmo, Fae L. (2006) The Early Cold War and U.S. Arctic Research. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Hamblin, Jacob Darwin (2006) Mastery of Landscapes and Seascapes: Science at the Strategic Poles during the International Geophysical Year. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Lenz, Walter (2006) Multi-national, but Not International: The Marginal Ice Zone Experiments (MIZEX) 1983/84/87. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Wang, Zuoyue (2006) China Goes to the Poles: Nationalism and Internationalism in Chinese Polar Oceanography. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Greene, Mott T. (2006) Arctic Sea Ice, Oceanography, and Climate Models. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Reidy, Michael (2006) Introduction. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Lüdecke, Cornelia (2006) Diverging Currents: Depicting Southern Ocean Currents in the Early 20th Century. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

Chapter Rainger, Ronald (2006) Edward “Iceberg” Smith and the Changing Character of American Arctic Oceanography. In: Extremes: Oceanography's Adventures at the Poles. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rainger, Ronald
Hamblin, Jacob Darwin
Weir, Gary E.
Webb, P.-N.
Solomon, Susan Gross
Rozwadowski, Helen M.
Journals
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Physics in Perspective
History of Meteorology
History and Technology
Endeavour: Review of the Progress of Science
Archives of Natural History
Publishers
University of California, Santa Barbara
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
Yale University Press
VUB Brussels University Press
Potomac Books
Polar Publishing Co.
Concepts
Earth sciences
Oceanography
Scientific expeditions
Science and government
Geophysics
Cold War
People
Scott, Robert Falcon
Severdrup, Harald Ulrik
Sparrman, Anders
Revelle, Roger
Neumayer, Georg von
Forbes, Edward
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
18th century
Places
Polar regions
United States
Soviet Union
Americas
France
Belgium
Institutions
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
United States Navy
International Polar Year (1882-1883)
United States. Fish Commission
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