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Deep Freeze: The United States, the International Geophysical Year, and the Origins of Antarctica's Age of Science

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In Deep Freeze, Dian Olson Belanger tells the story of the pioneers who built viable communities, made vital scientific discoveries, and established Antarctica as a continent dedicated to peace and the pursuit of science, decades after the first explorers planted flags in the ice.In the tense 1950s, even as the world was locked in the Cold War, U.S. scientists, maintained by the Navy's Operation Deep Freeze, came together in Antarctica with counterparts from eleven other countries to participate in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). On July 1, 1957, they began systematic, simultaneous scientific observations of the south-polar ice and atmosphere. Their collaborative success over eighteen months inspired the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, which formalized their peaceful pursuit of scientific knowledge. Still building on the achievements of the individuals and distrustful nations thrown together by the IGY from mutually wary military, scientific, and political cultures, science prospers today and peace endures.The year 2007 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the IGY and the commencement of a new International Polar Year - a compelling moment to review what a singular enterprise accomplished in a troubled time. Belanger draws from interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official records to weave together the first thorough study of the dawn of Antarctica's scientific age. Deep Freeze offers absorbing reading for those who have ventured onto Antarctic ice and those who dream of it, as well as historians, scientists, and policy makers. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Press of Colorado


Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 1, 2010


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reprint


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 528 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1607320665


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 61


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.55 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.02 x 1 x 8.94 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,831,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #399 in Arctic & Antarctica History #4,776 in History & Philosophy of Science (Books)


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    • A great recap of this very cold case!
Format: Paperback
I bought this book to learn more about our history in Antarctica after reading an old National Geographic article. It was a very methodical report and good story about an adventure that was never to end. What started as a mad dash to support a two year research mission in the late 1950s has never ended. It continues to this day. The USN accomplished quite a feat to operate in an ultra harshly cold and isolated place at the farthest point at the bottom of the world. I have to say most of my questions and more were answered. As might be expected, whenever people are involved, personalities will ultimately clash and the job was accomplished because of them and in spite of them. Much was learned and some of what passes today as something new had already been done years ago. If you are looking to learn about life in the arctic (or Antarctic) this is a very good source. Operation and cooperation got the job done and what stands today could not without the groundbreaking described herein. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2013 by Hawkeye
    • Exciting reading, if you are curious about Antarctica
Format: Paperback
Great book, excellently written and extensively researched. The U.S. Navy's establishment of McMurdo Station (the only sizeable human habitation on the continent) in 1955, and other ancillary activities on The Ice, are told in almost "I was there" authority and lucidity. Highly recommended.
Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2013 by G. Collins
    • Been There
Format: Hardcover
Involved in the construction of Little America V and Byrd Station .Contributed to the contents. Factual informative for all who wish to know how the USA got there and why we are involved in Antarctica .
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2014 by William E. Stroup
    • The Armed forces did the work. USARPS measured stuff. Bravo.
Format: Paperback
Been there. Done that. Very lucky to have missed this part of the action. Cape Hallet was not a paradise on ice, but it was very much nicer than life at the pole.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2013 by F. J. Willey
    • She was enthralled by him which led me to google him and then find this excellent
Format: Hardcover
My significant other had Charles Bevilaqua for a patient in the ICU. She was enthralled by him which led me to google him and then find this excellent book
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2016 by Joseph B. Twichell MD
    • Interesting & informative. However, it is also limited ...
Format: Paperback
Interesting & informative. However, it is also limited in scope to mostly how the bases in Antarctica were built. I was hoping for more details on what went before the IGY? What the actual research done there is about? What research is ongoing today.
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2016 by Dean Allen
    • Deep-Feeze One Coasty
Format: Hardcover
The Author got it right. Tho written years after I was there, she nailed our trip & time in Antarctica correctly. Made the yeaars since disappear. Semper Par...
Reviewed in the United States on November 24, 2011 by Eastwind Coasty
    • Five Stars
Format: Hardcover
A great history book.
Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2015 by James A. Golden

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