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Smithsonian at the Poles: Contributions to International Polar

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Contents<br />

FOREWORD by Ira Rubinoff ix<br />

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY by Michael A. Lang xii<br />

INTRODUCTION by Igor Krupnik, Michael A. Lang, and Scott E. Miller xiv<br />

IPY HISTORIES AND LEGACIES<br />

Advancing <strong>Polar</strong> Research and Communic<strong>at</strong>ing Its Wonders: Quests,<br />

Questions, and Capabilities of We<strong>at</strong>her and Clim<strong>at</strong>e Studies in<br />

Intern<strong>at</strong>ional <strong>Polar</strong> Years 1<br />

James R. Fleming, Colby College<br />

Cara Seitchek, Woodrow Wilson Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Center for Scholars<br />

Cooper<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Poles</strong>? Placing <strong>the</strong> First Intern<strong>at</strong>ional <strong>Polar</strong> Year<br />

in <strong>the</strong> Context of Nineteenth-Century Scientifi c Explor<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />

Collabor<strong>at</strong>ion 13<br />

Marc Ro<strong>the</strong>nberg, N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

The Policy Process and <strong>the</strong> Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Geophysical<br />

Year, 1957–1958 23<br />

Fae L. Korsmo, N<strong>at</strong>ional Science Found<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

Preserving <strong>the</strong> Origins of <strong>the</strong> Space Age: The M<strong>at</strong>erial Legacy of <strong>the</strong><br />

Intern<strong>at</strong>ional Geophysical Year (1957–1958) <strong>at</strong> <strong>the</strong> N<strong>at</strong>ional<br />

Air and Space Museum 35<br />

David H. DeVorkin, N<strong>at</strong>ional Air and Space Museum,<br />

<strong>Smithsonian</strong> Institution<br />

From Ballooning in <strong>the</strong> Arctic <strong>to</strong> 10,000-Foot Runways in<br />

Antarctica: Lessons from His<strong>to</strong>ric Archaeology 49<br />

Noel D. Broadbent, N<strong>at</strong>ional Museum of N<strong>at</strong>ural His<strong>to</strong>ry,<br />

<strong>Smithsonian</strong> Institution

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