International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958: Drifting Station Alpha Documentary Film, Version 1

Description

This film documents the activities that occurred on Drifting Station Alpha in the Arctic Ocean during the International Geophysical Year, 1957 to 1958. The film is narrated by project leader, Norbert Untersteiner, and chronicles the life of the team as they built their camp and set up experiments. Station Alpha drifted in an area of the Arctic ocean located 500 km north of Barrow, Alaska USA from April 1957 to November 1958; the film covers this entire time period. The file is available for download in .mp4 format via FTP.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.7265%2FN5MK69TW
21 Direct download, with optional registration page. https://nsidc.org/forms/G02184_or.html?major_version=1
21 Includes a user's guide, supplemental documents like ATBDs and academic papers, How Tos, FAQs, etc. https://doi.org/10.7265/N5MK69TW

Tags

  • oceans
  • cryosphere
  • earth-science
  • sea-ice

Topics

  • Climate

Categories

  • Arctic
  • Arctic Ocean, Sea Ice and Coasts
  • Melting Glaciers, Snow and Ice