Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! During the Cold War, Antarctica was primed for conquest. Here’s how it became an international science laboratory.
This NASA Mission Uses Cold War Planes to Map the World’s Largest Island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiQq9kWhGxI
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Antarctic Glaciology and Geophysics – Antarctica: Glaciological and Geophysical Folio. David J. Drewry
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/antarctic-glaciology-and-geophysics-antarctica-glaciological-and-geophysical-folio-david-j-drewry-editor-1983-cambridge-scott-polar-research-institute-iv-9-folios-5-to-be-added-maps-hard-cover-isbn-0901021040-5900/812955488EB01D7340B69CA3EBF76682
Rescued Radar Maps Reveal Antarctica’s Past
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rescued-radar-maps-reveal-antarctica-rsquo-s-past/
“More than 2 million newly digitized images extend the history of the bottom of the ice sheet”
Dustin Schroeder: How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet
https://www.ted.com/talks/dustin_schroeder_how_we_look_kilometers_below_the_antarctic_ice_sheet
“Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies — from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors — are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent’s ice in unprecedented detail.”
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