International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature, Version 1
Data set id:
G02201
DOI: 10.7265/N5FT8HZS
This is the most recent version of these data.

Overview

The International Polar Year Historical Data and Literature collection (formerly known as the Discovery and Access of Historic Literature from the IPYs (DAHLI) project) is an online data collection consisting primarily of photographs, publications, and observational data records from, and relating to, the first two International Polar Years (IPY) 1882-83 and 1932-33 and the International Geophysical Year (IGY)1957-58. Examples of data contained in observational records include, but are not limited to: air magnetic vertical intensity, air conductivity, atmospheric-electric observations, auroral log data, potential-gradient electrographic data, dust counts, and meteorological observations. Photographs within the collection include those from the Wilkes Station in Antarctica, the USGS survey of Fletcher's Ice Island, and the DTM Geophysical Laboratory Library. Publications within this collection primarily consist of government (national and international) bulletins and reports on activities during the International Polar and International Geophysical years. Other data include audio files of interviews recorded during NCAR's Oral Histories Project, and a video on Drifting Station Alpha during the IGY, published by NSIDC.
Parameter(s):
ABLATION ZONES/ACCUMULATION ZONES
AIR TEMPERATURE
ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE
AURORAE
DUST/ASH/SMOKE
ELECTRIC FIELDS/ELECTRIC CURRENTS
GLACIAL PROCESSES
GLACIATION
GLACIER ELEVATION/ICE SHEET ELEVATION
ICE CORE RECORDS
ICE DEPTH/THICKNESS
ICE GROWTH/MELT
OCEAN SALINITY
PARTICULATE MATTER
PERIGLACIAL PROCESSES
PERMAFROST
SEA ICE ELEVATION
SEISMIC PROFILE
SNOW DEPTH
SOLAR ACTIVITY
WATER TEMPERATURE
Platform(s):
AIRCRAFT
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
CAMERAS
HYGROTHERMOGRAPHS
SEISMOMETERS
THERMOMETERS
VISUAL OBSERVATIONS
Data Format(s):
PDF
TIFF
TIFF
MPEG
MPEG
JPEG
Temporal Coverage:
  • 1 January 1882 to 31 December 2007
Temporal Resolution:
Not Specified
Spatial Resolution:
  • Not Specified
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
  • N:
    90
    S:
    -90
    E:
    180
    W:
    -180
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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