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- Editors:
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Yvonne Herman
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Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
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Table of contents (30 chapters)
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- B. L. K. Somayajulu, P. Sharma, Yvonne Herman
Pages 571-579
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- Yvonne Herman, J. K. Osmond, B. L. K. Somayajulu
Pages 581-655
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- D. A. Darby, A. S. Naidu, T. C. Mowatt, G. Jones
Pages 657-720
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- V. S. Zarkhidze, Yu. G. Samoilovich
Pages 721-727
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- A. A. Velitchko, L. L. lsayeva, D. B. Oreshkin, M. A. Faustova
Pages 729-758
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- A. N. Belyaeva, A. I. Daniushevskaya, E. A. Romankevich
Pages 761-795
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- L. P. Zonenshain, L. M. Natapov
Pages 829-862
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Back Matter
Pages 863-888
About this book
The Arctic region has long held a fascination for explorers and scientists of many countries. Despite the numerous voyages of exploration, the na ture of the central Arctic was unknown only 90 years ago; it was believed to be a shallow sea dotted with islands. During Nansen's historic voyage on the polarship Fram, which commenced in 1893, the great depth of the central basin was discovered. In the Soviet Union, investigation of the Arctic Ocean became national policy after 1917. Today research at several scientific institutions there is devoted primarily to the study of the North Polar Ocean and seas. The systematic exploration of the Arctic by the United States com menced in 1951. Research has been conducted year-round from drifting ice islands, which are tabular fragments of glacier ice that break away from ice shelves. Most frequently, ice islands originate off the northern coast of Ellesmere Island. These research platforms are occupied as weather sta tions, as well as for oceanographic and geophysical studies. Several inter national projects, conducted by Canadian, European, and U. S. groups, have been underway during the last three decades. Although much new data have accumulated since the publication of the Marine Geology and Oceanography of the Arctic Seas volume in 1974 (Yvonne Herman, ed. ), in various fields of polar research-including present-day ice cover, hydrogra phy, fauna, flora, and geology-many questions remain to be answered.
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`[This book] should provide a welcome insight into studies underway in the Soviet Union, the results of which are not always readily accessible to researchers in the West.'
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Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Geology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA
Yvonne Herman
