Scholarship
Cold Regions Bibliography Project
Who goes there? Science, fiction, and belonging in Antarctica by Elena Glasberg
State-run science has in many ways solved the problem of Antarctica’s troublesome materiality and provided a safe course for national rivalry.
The extraterrestrial Earth: Antarctica as analogue for space exploration by Stephen J. Pyne
If you want to imagine the next century of exploration throughout the solar system, look to the last century’s experience in Antarctica.
On the Ice: Individual and Group Adaptation in Antarctica by Lawrence A. Palinkas
Sociocultural Influences on Psychosocial Adjustment in Antarctica by Lawrence A. Palinkas
Logistics, Technology, and Science
Antarctic Support Contract Reading Room
USAP External Panel Report 2012
USAP External Panel Report 1997
Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Modernization: Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
Antarctic Journal of the United States (1966-1996)
U.S. South Pole Station -NSF Special Report
Optimization of South Pole Operations
USAP Report -Committee on Fundamental Science, National Science and Technology Council 1996
Law and Politics
“…there are grounds for filing a complaint against Raytheon for not paying its Antarctic employees overtime.”
Raytheon Polar Services Company Memo Regarding Asbestos, 2 July 2001
“In addition the vinyl was removed as a single sheet.”
Workcrew Memo Regarding Asbestos, 3 July 2001
“We know as workers who participated in removing the flooring that this is not correct.”
Memoranda
“I love to take care of the sick, injured and bewildered. This is my greatest joy.”
Historical
“Symmes and His Theory”(pdf/674k)
Reprint from Harper’s (probably 1888), regarding John Cleves Symmes’ theory that the earth has holes at the poles. Symmes’ lobbying to promote an American expedition to prove his theory resulted in the Wilkes expedition.
The Japanese “Shirase” Expedition of 1911
The Worst Journey in the World by Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Geographic Names of the Antarctic (Second Edition, 1995) (pdf)
