Walter Sullivan (1) (1918–1996)

While rather outdated scientifically, it is a pretty good read if your interested in the history of the IGY, or some of the aspets of it. Well written and much noted.

I read this primarily because my father was on Operation Deep Freeze Five, the 5th sucessor to the original Operation Deep Freeze, that helped establish the IGY Antarctic stations. My father was on the Northwind, a US Coast Guard Ice Breaker that broke ice for 2 Norwegian freighters that were resuppling the Russian bases in the Antarctic. Gives me a bit more prespective on that mission, and the missions that came before and after it.… (más)

Orogenic views [ch4], cities on the Fall Line, 30 ice ages (every 100,000 years, peaked 20,000 years ago cave paintings)[244], 100 ft eskers [251], and other glacial relicts (Esker=Kames=Drumlin - ridges or elongated hills), moraines, and the cat paw loess [266].
with "Itineraries", or checklists of what features to look for on common flights across America. (Seattle to Los Angeles 362 - Cascade Range: Rainier, Adams, Saint Helens, Hood, to Klamath Lake and Falls, Shasta and Lassen Peak, Sierra Nevada to east).… (más)