The Antarctic Journal Of A Sailor On Operation Windmill 1947 48

Author : Edward W. Koenig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1425988911

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The Antarctic Journal of a Sailor on "Operation Windmill" 1947-48 by Edward W. Koenig Pdf

The book Antarctic Journal a Seaman's Record from 1947 contains the day-to-day observations of a young sailor assigned in 1947 to his first cruise, which was an historic expedition to map and study over twenty locations along the coast of Antarctica. "Project Windmill" was the first all-icebreaker task force after World War II, and was a follow-up to the Admiral Byrd led "Operation Highjump" in 1946. As an Electronic Technician Mr. Koenig was in the center of the communications activity, and had access to information not always available to most of the crew. The narrative begins with an unpleasant start over rough seas and travel to the South Pacific island of American Samoa. Upon crossing the equator the description of the Pollywog to Shellback initiation is one of the best yet, as stated by the librarian at the Navy Library. Two months below the Antarctic Circle includes suspense from a missing helicopter to adventures at the early American camps at McMurdo Sound, Little America and Byrd's East Base. A rough crossing past Cape Horn and a visit to Lima, Peru added interest to the adventure. The story is told just as recorded, and supported with many illustrations from his personal camera's 2 x 2 inch pictures and several quality images from the ship's photo shop and the Navy Library.

Author : U S NAVY.
Publisher : Nimble Books
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1608880591

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Report of Operation HighJump by U S NAVY. Pdf

Operation Highjump, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, was a United States Navy operation organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN that sent 4,700 men, 13 ships, and 33 aircraft to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. This 543-page volume is the full account of the operation. At the time of this reproduction, per OCLC's WORLDCAT global library catalog, the original printed copies were available in only two libraries in the world, the Naval Postgraduate School Library in Monterey and the Canterbury University library in New Zealand. The story of the doomed polar expedition will appeal to fans of such outstanding writers as John Campbell, Charles Stross, Alastair Maclean, and Dan Simmons, who have all written exciting novels in similar settings. This completely factual account will also provide valuable ballast to credulous viewers of programs such as ANCIENT ALIENS and its fanciful stories of Nazi submarines and aliens in Antarctica.

Author : Gunter Faure,Teresa M. Mensing
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2010-09-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048193905

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The Transantarctic Mountains by Gunter Faure,Teresa M. Mensing Pdf

This book presents a summary of the geology of the Transantarctic Mountains for Earth scientists who may want to work there or who need an overview of the geologic history of this region. In addition, the properties of the East Antarctic ice sheet and of the meteorites that accumulate on its surface are treated in separate chapters. The presentation ends with the Cenozoic glaciation of the Transantarctic Mountains including the limnology and geochemical evolution of the saline lakes in the ice-free valleys. • The subject matter in this book is presented in chronological order starting about 750 million years ago and continuing to the present time. • The chapters can be read selectively because the introduction to each chapter identifies the context that gives relevance to the subject matter to be discussed. • The text is richly illustrated with 330 original line drawings as well as with 182 color maps and photographs. • The book contains indexes of both subject matter and of authors’ names that allow it to be used as an encyclopedia of the Transantarctic Mountains and of the East Antarctic ice sheet. • Most of the chapters are supplemented by Appendices containing data tables, additional explanations of certain phenomena (e.g., the formation and seasonal destruction of stratospheric ozone), and illustrative calculations (e.g., 38Cl dates of meteorites). • The authors have spent a combined total of fourteen field seasons between 1964 and 1995 doing geological research in the Transantarctic Mountains with logistical support by the US Antarctic Program. • Although Antarctica is remote and inaccessible, tens of thousands of scientists of many nationalities and their assistants have worked there and even larger numbers of investigators will work there in the future.

Author : Jennifer Wellington
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107135079

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Exhibiting War by Jennifer Wellington Pdf

A comparative study of how museum exhibitions in Britain, Canada and Australia were used to depict the First World War.

Author : David McCullough
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780743226721

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Seventeen Seventy-six by David McCullough Pdf

Draws on personal correspondence and period diaries to present a history of the American Revolution that includes the siege of Boston, the American defeat at Brooklyn, the retreat across New Jersey, and the American victory at Trenton.

Author : Norman Herr
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780787972981

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The Sourcebook for Teaching Science, Grades 6-12 by Norman Herr Pdf

The Sourcebook for Teaching Science is a unique, comprehensive resource designed to give middle and high school science teachers a wealth of information that will enhance any science curriculum. Filled with innovative tools, dynamic activities, and practical lesson plans that are grounded in theory, research, and national standards, the book offers both new and experienced science teachers powerful strategies and original ideas that will enhance the teaching of physics, chemistry, biology, and the earth and space sciences.

Author : Emma McEwin
Publisher : Arden
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-05-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1925984478

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The Many Lives of Douglas Mawson by Emma McEwin Pdf

Douglas Mawson is famous as an Antarctic explorer who narrowly escaped death on the ice, yet he is enigmatic and cloaked in controversy. Here, McEwin reflects on her forebear's public and private persona. With access to personal papers, she writes intimately about his effect on generations of his family and the unmaking of myths about him.

Author : Samuel Mossman,Thomas Banister
Publisher : London : Addey
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1853
Category : Australia
ISBN : OXFORD:N10547487

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Australia Visited and Revisited by Samuel Mossman,Thomas Banister Pdf

Author : R. Buckminster Fuller
Publisher : Estate of R. Buckminster Fuller
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1982-02-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780996827805

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Critical Path by R. Buckminster Fuller Pdf

The masterwork of a brilliant career, and an important document of the crisis now facing mankind. Today we find ourselves in the midst of the greatest crisis in the history of the human race. Technology has placed in our hands almost unlimited power at the very moment when we have run up against the limits of our resources aboard Spaceship Earth, as the crises of the late twentieth century—political, economic, environmental, and ethical—determine whether or not humanity survives. In this masterful summing up of an entire lifetime’s thought and concern, R. Buckminster Fuller addresses these crucial issues in his most significant, accessible, and urgent work. Critical Path traces the origins and evolution of humanity’s social, political, and economic systems from the obscure mists of prehistory, through the development of the great political empires, to the vast international corporate and political systems that control our destiny today to show how we got to our present situation and what options are available to man. With his customary brilliance, extraordinary energy, and unlimited devotion, Bucky Fuller shows how mankind can survive, and how each individual can respond to the unprecedented threat we face today. The crowning achievement of an extraordinary career, Critical Path offers the reader the excitement of understanding the essential dilemmas of our time and how responsible citizens can rise to meet this ultimate challenge to our future.

Author : United States. War Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Aerial photography
ISBN : OCLC:244015361

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Elementary Map and Aerial Photograph Reading by United States. War Department Pdf

Author : J. van Mieghem,P. van Oye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 825 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401572040

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Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica by J. van Mieghem,P. van Oye Pdf

This book is the third in aseries of publications devoted to the biogeographieal and ecological research in the Southern Hemisphere, published in the "Monographiae Biologicae". After dealing with Australia (vol. VIII) and Southern Africa (Vol. XIV) it was thought essential to include Antarctiea in this series. Ever since the expedition of the "Belgiea" made the first suc cessful wintering within the antarctie circle in 1898 and brought back a very rieh harvest of scientific data, Belgium kept a vivid interest in Antarctiea and took an active part in the modern and international exploration of this vast continent. As part of their programs for the International Geophysieal Year (I. G. Y. ) twelve nations established permanent or semi-permanent bases on the Antarctie Continent or on subantarctie islands. Thus a new era of vast and free international scientific collaboration in the Antarctie was opened and it culminated in the formulation and the signing of the Antarctic Treaty (Washington 1959). It was recognized and accepted that "Antarctiea" shall be used for peaceful purposes only and "Freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctiea and coopera tion toward that end, as applied during the I. G. Y. , shall continue . . " In order to organize this collaboration e. g. by full exchange of programs and resuIts a "Special Committee on Antarctie Research" (S. C. A. R. ) was founded in 1957.

Author : Konrad A. Antczak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9088908168

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Islands of Salt by Konrad A. Antczak Pdf

The early-modern Venezuelan Caribbean did not lure seafarers with the saccharine delights of cane sugar but with the preserving qualities of solar sea salt. In this book, the historical archaeological study of this salty commodity offers a unique entryway into the hitherto unknown maritime mobilities and daily lives of the seafarers who camped at the saltpans of Venezuelan islands from the seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries, cultivating and harvesting the white crystal of the sea.For the first time, this study offers a comprehensive documentary history of the saltpans of La Tortuga Island and Cayo Sal in the Los Roques Archipelago, uncovering the surprising importance of their salt. Long-term archaeological excavations at the campsites by these saltpans have brought to light the plethora of material remains left behind by seafarers during their seasonal and temporary salt forays. The exhaustive analysis of the thousands of recovered things - pipes, punch bowls, plates, teapots, buttons, bones - contrasted with documentary evidence, not only enables us to understand where these things came from but also by whom they were used. By engaging the evidence through my theoretical framework of assemblages of practice, I demonstrate how seafarers and things were vibrantly entangled in the everyday assemblages of practice of salt cultivation, dining and drinking.This multisited approach spanning 256 years, reveals that seafarers were fervent buyers of fashionable products, drinking hot tea from porcelain tea bowls, using colorful ceramic chamber pots for their hygienic needs and imbibing exotic rum punch by the scorching saltpans of the uninhabited Venezuelan islands. Intended for scholars, students and the interested public alike, this historical archaeological study positions humble seafarers in the limelight, not as the anonymous movers of international trade and facilitators of imperial interests, but as avid trans-imperial and extra-imperial consumers of the fruits of those very empires.

Author : Matthew Gaasenbeek
Publisher : Cybercom
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0981359337

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An Immigrant's Story by Matthew Gaasenbeek Pdf

Gaasenbeek's story begins with the Second World War Nazi occupation of Holland and continues through his emigration and life in Canada. He shares the influences of those years in shaping the person he is today.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Antarctica
ISBN : MINN:30000011027269

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Antarctic Journal of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Pierre Laszlo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030823931

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A Life and Career in Chemistry by Pierre Laszlo Pdf

This book is an enthusiastic account of Pierre Laszlo’s life and pioneering work on catalysis of organic reactions by modified clays, and his reflections on doing science from the 1960s to 1990s. In this autobiography, readers will discover a first-hand testimony of the chemical revolution in the second half of the 20th century, and the author’s perspective on finding a calling in science and chemistry, as well as his own experience on doing science, teaching science and managing a scientific career. During this period, Pierre Laszlo led an academic laboratory and worked also in three different countries: the US, Belgium and France, where he had the opportunity to meet remarkable colleagues. In this book, he recalls his encounters and collaborations with important scientists, who shaped the nature of chemistry at times of increased pace of change, and collates a portrait of the worldwide scientific community at that time. In addition, the author tells us about the turns and twists of his own life, and how he ended up focusing his research on clay based chemistry, where clay minerals were turned in his lab to catalysis of key chemical transformations. Given its breath, the book offers a genuine information on the life and career of a chemist, and it will appeal not only to scientists and students, but also to historians of science and to the general reader.