The history of the International Polar Years (IPYs)
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The history of the International Polar Years (IPYs)
(From pole to pole)
Springer, c2010
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Although international scientific cooperation - particularly in meteorology - was established previous to the first International Polar Year, the IPY-1 (1882-83) is considered to be the first revolutionary step towards an extensive international cooperation in the polar areas for the benefit of science rather than national prestige and territorial gain. This was followed by IPY-2 (1932-33) and IPY-3 - actually the International Geophysical Year (1957-58) - before the crowning effort of IPY-4 (2007-08). The history of these years is recounted here and explains the political, economic, technical and scientific conditions and expectations that laid the basis for each IPY and which gradually expanded both the scope and extent of our understanding of the complexities in polar regions
Table of Contents
The First Three Polar Years - A General Overview.- The International Polar Year 1882-1883.- The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year.- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year.- International Cooperation in Antarctica 1901-1904.- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933.- Some IPY-2 Histories.- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year.- Origins of the International Geophysical Year.- The IPY-3: The International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).- The Achievements of the IGY.- Side-Effects and Traces of the Early IPYs.- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions.- Why Do We Have a 4th IPY?.
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