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Author | : Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : History |
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Summary of the value of Antarctic research, historical background of British activity, Antarctic research policy and British Antarctic Survey (BAS).
Author | : Raymond Edward Priestley |
Publisher | : London : Butterworths |
Total Pages | : 432 |
Release | : 1964 |
Genre | : Nature |
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21 papers om history, exploration and travel, and scientific research on the Antarctic continent.
Author | : Ruth Slavid |
Publisher | : Park Publishing (WI) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9783906027661 |
For more than fifty years, Halley Research Station-located on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica's Weddell Sea-has collected a continuous stream of meteorological and atmospheric data critical to our understanding of polar atmospheric chemistry, rising sea levels, and the depletion of the ozone layer. Since the station's establishment in 1956, there have been six Halley stations, each designed to withstand the difficult climatic conditions. The first four stations were crushed by snow. The fifth featured a steel platform, allowing it to rise above snow cover, but it, too, had to be abandoned when it moved too far from the mainland, making it precarious. Commissioned by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and completed in 2012, Halley VI is the winning design from a competition in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects. Designed by London-based Hugh Broughton Architects and AECOM, a US-based architecture and engineering firm, the structure cannot just rise to avoid being engulfed by accumulating snow, but it is also the first research station able to be fully relocatable, its eight modules situated atop ski-fitted hydraulic legs. This book tells the story of this iconic piece of architecture's design and creation, supplemented with many illustrations, including plans and previously unpublished photographs.
Author | : Natural Environment Research Council |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : John Dudeney |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2019-03-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1527532305 |
It is over a hundred years in Antarctic history since the British Government formalised its claim to the Falkland Islands Dependencies, and 75 years since continuous occupation began. This book explains why and how, using the voices of the Ministers, and more particularly their officials, who shaped government policy. Until now the unsung heroes of Britain’s long involvement in Antarctica, they collectively had a far greater impact than any of the famous Antarctic explorers of the last century. The book draws heavily upon documentation from The National Archives to chart the twists and turns of policy making for the first 50 years of the last century, showing how the priority shifted from a focus on sovereignty to the first glimmerings of internationalisation. It is a story of a great whaling industry, of territorial conflicts and tensions, and how science ultimately came to underpin Britain’s policy aims.
Author | : Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : British Antarctic Survey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 1983 |
Genre | : Reference |
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Describes the scientific activities of the British Antarctic Survey in the Antarctic and Falkland Islands.
Author | : Sandra Ross |
Publisher | : British Council Design |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9780863557170 |
'Ice Lab' include architectural drawings, models, photographs, and films that give the visitor a sense of what it takes to live and work in Antarctica. Sources of inspiration for the projects including an original drawing from Archigram's 'Walking City' are on display as well as a newly commissioned film and audio work by artist Torsten Laushmann.
Author | : R.M. Laws |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 16 |
Release | : 1976 |
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Author | : British Antarctic Survey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 9780856651045 |
A handbook for members of the British Antarctic Survey, including information on the history and personnell of the organization, its research programs, administration, ships, aircraft and research stations, salary and wage payment, communications, survival techniques, the Antarctic Treaty. Includes maps and photographs.