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The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs)

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Editors:
  1. Susan Barr

    1. c/o Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Oslo, Norway

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  2. Cornelia Luedecke

    1. Munich, Germany

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  • Represents the history of the IPYs (International Polar Years)
  • Emphasizes the necessity of international collaboration in polar science
  • The first book to give a deep insight into archival material on the first International Polar Years
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: From Pole to Pole (POLE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. The First Three Polar Years – A General Overview

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 1-6

  3. The International Polar Year 1882–1883

    • Erki Tammiksaar, Natal’ya Georgievna Sukhova, Cornelia Lüdecke
    Pages 7-33

  4. The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year

    • Susan Barr, Louwrens Hacquebord, Erki Tammiksaar, Natal’ya Georgievna Sukhova
    Pages 35-107

  5. An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year

    • Aant Elzinga
    Pages 109-126

  6. International Cooperation in Antarctica 1901–1904

    • Cornelia Lüdecke
    Pages 127-134

  7. The Second International Polar Year 1932–1933

    • Cornelia Lüdecke, Julia Lajus
    Pages 135-173

  8. Some IPY-2 Histories

    • Susan Barr, Louwrens Hacquebord, Cornelia Lüdecke
    Pages 175-210

  9. Achievements of the Second International Polar Year

    • Aant Elzinga
    Pages 211-234

  10. Origins of the International Geophysical Year

    • Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 235-238

  11. The IPY-3: The International Geophysical Year (1957–1958)

    • Klaus Dodds, Irina Gan, Adrian Howkins
    Pages 239-257

  12. The Achievements of the IGY

    • Jorge Berguño, Aant Elzinga
    Pages 259-278

  13. Side-Effects and Traces of the Early IPYs

    • Susan Barr, Rip Bulkeley
    Pages 279-296

  14. International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions

    • Cornelia Lüdecke
    Pages 297-298

  15. Why Do We Have a 4th IPY?

    • Dave Carlson
    Pages 299-312

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 313-319
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About this book

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

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From the reviews:

“This book is an impressive collaborative effort, with authors from a number of different countries … . Each polar year has chapters that approximate a history, a description of expeditions and activities, and an evaluation of achievements. Well-known historians, scientists and polar commentators make up the impressive list of authors. … they acknowledge and pay respect to the legendary early … that have now become a part of the global polar heritage. … Buy one for your bookcase or library … .” (Julia Jabour, The Polar Journal, Vol. 1 (1), June, 2011)

Editors and Affiliations

  • c/o Directorate for Cultural Heritage, Oslo, Norway

    Susan Barr

  • Munich, Germany

    Cornelia Luedecke

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs)

  • Editors: Susan Barr, Cornelia Luedecke

  • Series Title: From Pole to Pole

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12402-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-12401-3Published: 05 September 2010

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-26481-8Published: 06 November 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-12402-0Published: 02 September 2010

  • Series ISSN: 2193-7338

  • Series E-ISSN: 2193-7346

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 320

  • Number of Illustrations: 62 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodesy

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