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Innocents on the ice : a memoir of Antarctic exploration, 1957 / by John C. Behrendt.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Niwot, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, �1998.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 428 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 058509926X
  • 9780585099262
  • 9781607323235
  • 1607323230
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Innocents on the ice.DDC classification:
  • 919.8/904 21
LOC classification:
  • G850 .B44 1998eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Roster of Men at Ellsworth Station, 1957 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Voyage to the Weddell Sea -- 3. Fall -- 4. Winter Begins -- 5. The Long Night Goes On and On and On ... -- 6. The Sun Returns -- 7. Final Traverse Preparations -- 8. Ellsworth to Berkner Island -- 9. Dufek Massif to Korff Island -- 10. Heading for Home.
Action note:
  • digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Summary: Innocents on the Ice is based on the author's experience and writings as part of a U.S. Navy-supported scientific expedition to establish Ellsworth Station on the Filchner Ice Shelf. This expedition, undertaken from November 1956 to early 1958, coincided with the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) which ushered in the "scientific age" in Antarctica.Summary: Drawing on his 40 years of Antarctic research experience, Behrendt explains the changes in scientific activities and environmental awareness in Antarctica today.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-408) and index.

Roster of Men at Ellsworth Station, 1957 -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Voyage to the Weddell Sea -- 3. Fall -- 4. Winter Begins -- 5. The Long Night Goes On and On and On ... -- 6. The Sun Returns -- 7. Final Traverse Preparations -- 8. Ellsworth to Berkner Island -- 9. Dufek Massif to Korff Island -- 10. Heading for Home.

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Innocents on the Ice is based on the author's experience and writings as part of a U.S. Navy-supported scientific expedition to establish Ellsworth Station on the Filchner Ice Shelf. This expedition, undertaken from November 1956 to early 1958, coincided with the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) which ushered in the "scientific age" in Antarctica.

Drawing on his 40 years of Antarctic research experience, Behrendt explains the changes in scientific activities and environmental awareness in Antarctica today.

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