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This volume, which began as an oral history project, recounts US scientists' (from the Navy's Operat...
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This volume, which began as an oral history project, recounts US scientists' (from the Navy's Operation Deep Freeze) study of Antarctica during The International Geophysical Year (1957-1958). Detailed are the planning, construction, and operation of a network of facilities there. Using interviews, diaries, memoirs, and official records as sources, Belanger also describes teams sent by other countries, how the continent was studied and dedicated as a place of peace, and discoveries that were made. Belanger is a science writer and historian. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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