The International Geophysical Year (IGY) was prompted by a lack of concise data about Earth and its land, oceans, and atmosphere. Post-World War II technology had become available to launch a worldwide research effort to solve questions concerning the...

The International Geophysical Year or IGY was an international scientific effort that lasted from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. The IGY encompassed eleven Earth sciences: aurora and airglow, cosmic rays, geomagnetism, gravity, ionospheric physics,...

With the sailing of Naval Task Force 43 to Antarctica in mid-November, the United States commenced the first operational phase in one of the most important scientific endeavors ever undertaken--the International Geophysical Year of 1957-58. The IGY will represent the most comprehensive physical...

INTRODUCTION McCall Glacier, located in the eastern Brooks Range of northern Alaska (Fig. 1), has the longest and most complete history of scientific research of any glacier in the U.S. Arctic. Spanning the period from the International Geophysical Year (IGY) in 1957-58...

Today is Sunday, July 1, the 182nd day of 2007. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day.Today's Highlight in History:On July 1, 1946, the United States exploded a 20-kiloton atomic bomb near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.On this date:In 1863,...

When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.But 50 years later, it emerges that the...