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Antarctic, Science & Technical. (1) ANTARCTICA I
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Antarctic, Science & Technical. (1) ANTARCTICA IN THE INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR. Based on a Symposium on the Antarctic. Geophysical Monograph Number 1, Americal Geophysical Union of the National Academy of Sciences, 1956 133pp. Very lg. folding map in pocket. Cloth, very good. Stamped "From the Library of Paul A. Siple" (2) THE ANTARCTIC. Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research. Translated from Russian. Published by the Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre, New Delhi, 1971 262pp. Two folding maps. Printed wrapper, lower spine taped else very good. (3) REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS MADE DURING THE VOYAGE OF THE 'QUEST' ON THE SHACKLETON-ROWETT EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC & WEDDELL SEA IN 1921-1922. London, British Museum 1930 161pp. Illus & maps. Original cloth, very good. (4) Quam, Louis O., editor. RESEARCH IN THE ANTARCTIC. A symposium presented at the Dallas meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science - December, 1968. Washington, DC 1971 768pp. Illus, folding map. Cloth, very good in d/j. (5) Five issues Resultats Scientifiques of Expeditions Polaires Francaises Missions Paul-Emile Victor, Expeditions Antarctiques, Tere Adelie, 1951-1952. Published Paris 1953-56. (a) Bouquin, Jean. SONDAGES IONOSPHERIQUES. 148pp. (b) Barre, Michel. RADIOELECTRICITE ATMOSPHERIQUE. 55pp. (c) Lepineuz, Georges. LES OBSERVATIONS METEOROLOGIQUES DE POINTE GEOLOGIE EN TERRE ADELIE. CONDITIONS ATMOSPHEREIQUES EN SURFACE ET EN ALTITUDE…… 83pp. (d) Le Quinio, Robert. LES OBSERVATIONS METEOROLOGIQUES DE PORT-MARTIN EN TERRE ADELIE. CONDITIONS ATMOSPHERIQUES EN SURFACE ET EN ALTITUDE …… 97pp. (e) Tabuteau, Francois, Mario Marret & Bertrand Imbert. MARES. 1re Partie OBSERVATIONS…. 2e Partie. ANALYSE ET DISCUSSION DES RESULTATS. 85pp. Numerous graphs & maps throughout All 4to, in printed wrappers, generally very good. (6) SOVIET ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. INFORMATION BULLETIN. Vol III. Amsterdam, 1965 377pp. Illus, maps. Cloth, very good in d/j (7) Walton, D. W. H. ANTARCTIC SCIENCE. Cambridge, (1987) 4to, 280pp. Many illus in color, maps. Cloth, very good in d/j. (8) SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ANTARCTICA. A Royal Society Discussion Organized by Sir Vivian Fuchs, and R. M. Laws Held on 19 and 20 May 1976, London, 1977 4to 288pp. Illus, maps. Cloth, very good in d/j. (9) Six Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo. (a) YAMATO METEORITES COLLECTED IN ANTARCTICA IN 1969. Special Issue No.5, August 1975. 110pp. (b) GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN MIZUHO PLATEAU, EAST ANTARCTICA, 1969-1975. Special Issue No.7, January 1978 274pp. (c) ICE-CORING PROJECT AT MIZUHO STATION, EAST ANTARCTICA, 1970-1975. Special Issue No.10, December 1978 172pp. (d) PROCEEDINGS OF THE SEMINAR III ON DRY VALLEY DRILLING PROJECT, 1978. Special Issue No.13, September 1979 245pp. (e) PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON ANTARCTIC GEOSCIENCES, 1978. Special Issue No.14, October 1979 229pp. (f) PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON POLAR METEOROLOGY AND GLACIOLOGY. Special Issue No.19, October 1981 320pp. Uniformly cloth bound, generally very good. (10) Four Issues of the BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY BULLETIN. (a) No.1, June 1963. 54pp. (b) No.45, May 1977 149pp. (c) No.46, June 1977 143pp. (d) No.49, January 1980 288pp. Illus & maps throughout. All in printed wrapper, generally very good. (11) Cailleux, Andre. GEOLOGIE DE L'ANTARCTIQUE. Paris, 1963 210pp. Illus. Softbound, good. Signed by author. (12) Farouki, Omar. EUROPEAN FOUNDATION DESIGNS FOR SEASONALLY FROZEN GROUND. US Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory, Monograph 92-1. March, 1992 113pp. Illus. Softbound, very good. (13) Five numbers of the ANTARCTIC MAP FOLIO SERIES issued by the American Geographical Society. (a) Folio One. Aeronomical Maps of the Antarctic, 1964. (b) Folio 3. ANTARCTIC MAPS AND SURVEYS , 1900-1964. 1964. (c) Folio 4. THE ANTARCTIC ATMOSPHERE: CLIMATOLOGY OF THE TROPOSPHERE AND LOWER STRATOSPHERE. 1965. (d) Folio 8. THE ANTARCTIC ATMOSPHERE: CLIMATOLOGY OF THE SURFACE ENVIRONMENT. 1967. (e) Folio 19. HISTORY OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION. 1975. All consist of a printed brochure plus folded maps contained on a printed stiff paper folder. All generally good. (14) Very large (54" x 40") color folding map of Antarctic, "Prepared by the Americal Geographical Society for the United States Antarctic Research Program", 1970, very good. (2 copies). (31)
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