Some reflections on the Antarctic Treaty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9224445 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F W G Baker, Francine Baker (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 2-4 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Polar Record (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-2474 • E-ISSN: 1475-3057 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0032247409990209 |
| OpenAlex | W2121536782 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
2009 brings not only the 50th anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty but also the end of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and of its extension into the period of International Geophysical Cooperation (IGC 1959). It is also the 133rd anniversary of K. Weyprecht's suggestion that initiated the impetus. As he noted, ‘if Polar Expeditions are looked upon merely as a sort of international steeple-chase . . . and their main object is to exceed by a few miles the latitude reached by a predecessor these mysteries (of Meteorology and Geomagnetism) will remain unsolved’ (Weyprecht 1875). Although he stressed the importance of observations in both the Arctic and Antarctic during the first International Polar Year (IPY) in 1882–1883 only two stations in the sub-Antarctic region, at Cap Horn and South Georgia, made such scientific recordings. In spite of the fact that several expeditions to the Antarctic had been made in the period between the first and the second IPY 1932–1933, no stations were created in Antarctica during that IPY. The major increase in scientific studies in Antarctica came with the third IPY, which became the IGY of 1957–1958
Antarctic treaty · Arctic · Geodesy · Geography · Latitude · Meteorology · North pole · Period (music) · Physical geography · Political science · The arctic · Treaty · Alexander von Humboldt Studies · Geology · History of Science and Natural History · Law · Oceanography · Philosophy · Polar Research and Ecology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.08 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |