Ives Jack D. Baffin Island: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961-67 9781552388297

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Автор: Ives Jack D.
Название: Baffin Island: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961-67
ISBN: 9781552388297
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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История других земель

Политика и политический строй

Научное оборудование, научные эксперименты и методы

География

ISBN-10: 1552388298
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 248
Вес: 0.92 кг.
Дата издания: 03.03.2016
Язык: English
Размер: 279 x 219 x 15
Ключевые слова: History of other lands,Politics & government,Scientific equipment, experiments & techniques,Geography
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: A geographer with extensive research experience in the Canadian North, Jack D. Ives has written a lively and informative account of several expeditions to Baffin Island during the golden age of federal research. In the 1960s, scientists from the Geographical Branch of Canadas Department of Energy, Mines, and Resources travelled to Baffin to study glacial geomorphology and glaciology. Their fieldwork resulted in vastly increased knowledge of the Far North-from its ice caps and glaciers to its lichens and microfossils. Drawing from the recollections of his Baffin colleagues as well as from his own memories, Ives takes readers on a remarkable adventure, describing the day-to-day experiences of the field teams in the context of both contemporary Arctic research and bureaucratic decision making. Along the way, his narrative illustrates the role played by the Cold War-era Distant Early Warning Line and other northern infrastructure, the crucial importance of his pioneering aerial photography, the unpredictable nature of planes, helicopters, and radios in Arctic regions, and of course, the vast and breathtaking scenery of the North. Baffin Island encompasses both field research and High Arctic adventure. The research trips to Baffin between 1961 and 1967 also served as a vital training ground in polar studies for university students; further, they represented a breakthrough in gender equality in government-sponsored science, thanks to the authors persistence in having women permitted on the teams. The book contains a special section detailing the subsequent professional achievements of the many researchers involved (in addition to the later career moves of Ives himself) and a chapter that delves deeper into the science behind their fieldwork in the North. Readers need not be versed in glaciology, however. Ives has produced a highly readable book that seamlessly combines research and adventure.
Дополнительное описание: Geography|Environmental science, engineering and technology|Science: general issues|History of other geographical groupings and regions|The environment|International relations

Baffin Island: Field Research and High Arctic Adventure, 1961-67, Ives Jack D.