More and better science in Antarctica through increased logistical effectiveness
Author | : United States Antarctic Program. Blue Ribbon Panel |
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Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
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Author | : United States Antarctic Program. Blue Ribbon Panel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
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Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2011-11-28 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309214726 |
Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean remains one of the world's last frontiers. Covering nearly 14 million km² (an area approximately 1.4 times the size of the United States), Antarctica is the coldest, driest, highest, and windiest continent on Earth. While it is challenging to live and work in this extreme environment, this region offers many opportunities for scientific research. Ever since the first humans set foot on Antarctica a little more than a century ago, the discoveries made there have advanced our scientific knowledge of the region, the world, and the Universe-but there is still much more to learn. However, conducting scientific research in the harsh environmental conditions of Antarctica is profoundly challenging. Substantial resources are needed to establish and maintain the infrastructure needed to provide heat, light, transportation, and drinking water, while at the same time minimizing pollution of the environment and ensuring the safety of researchers. Future Science Opportunities in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean suggests actions for the United States to achieve success for the next generation of Antarctic and Southern Ocean science. The report highlights important areas of research by encapsulating each into a single, overarching question. The questions fall into two broad themes: (1) those related to global change, and (2) those related to fundamental discoveries. In addition, the report identified key science questions that will drive research in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean in coming decades, and highlighted opportunities to be leveraged to sustain and improve the U.S. research efforts in the region.
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Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
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"This document represents the final report of the United States Antarctic Program External Panel. The report has the unanimous approval of all 11 panel members and draws upon our collective experience which includes some 44 individual trips to Antarctica involving visits to all three U. S. stations, each research ship, support icebreakers and numerous field sites. As a panel, we visited McMurdo Station and South Pole Station and toured support facilities at Christchurch. We received approximately 70 briefings and conducted 80 “one-on-one” meetings with individuals involved in virtually all aspects of the Antarctic Program. Over 200 inputs were received in response to our request for “public comments". During visits to McMurdo and the Pole, the Panel conducted informal “Town Meetings” and was the beneficiary of numerous comments by members of those communities having first-hand experience in day-to-day operations. We are most appreciative of the candor and professionalism with which we were treated by all those with whom we came into contact, and in particular the members of the National Science Foundation who so expertly and constructively supported our efforts. We believe the U. S. Antarctic Program is well managed, involves high quality science and is important to the region as well as to the United States. We also believe that in the current budget environment, costs must be reduced, preferably through increased efficiency and “reinvention,” but, if not, through reduced scope. Recommendations are offered herein to help ensure the continued viability of the program into the 21st century."--
Author | : United States Antarctic Program. Blue Ribbon Panel |
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Release | : 2012 |
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Author | : Paul Arthur Berkman |
Publisher | : Academic Press |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780120915606 |
CD-ROM contains: The Antarctic Treaty Searchable Database: 1959-1999, a replica of the web site (http://webhost.nvi.net/aspire).
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1993-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309049474 |
With the negotiation of the International Protocol on Environmental Protection in 1991, those nations conducting scientific research programs in Antarctica face new challenges for stewardship of the southern continent and protection of its environment. Science and Stewardship in the Antarctic examines how the implementation of the 1991 agreement in the United States can be done in such a way to ensure the compatibility of scientific and environmental protection goals in this global laboratory. The book also addresses the potential for the new requirements both to benefit and harm research activities in Antarctica.
Author | : D. W. H. Walton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 355 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
ISBN | : 110700392X |
A dramatically illustrated book, by leading international scientists, which describes Antarctica's central role in global scientific research.
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Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Antarctica |
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Manual for survival of emergency situations (blizzard, accident, fire, etc.) during travel and scientific work in Antarctica.
Author | : Frank G. Klotz |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 1998-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0788170481 |