RESEARCH IN ANTARCTIC
PLANS FOR 1957 DISCUSSED
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) PARIS, July 5. Scientists from the 45 nations taking part in the International Geophysical Year of 1957 will meet in Paris tomorrow to co-ordinate plans for operations on the Antarctic Continent.
The International Geophysical Year, expected to cost about £100.000,000, will be the biggest international scientific experiment of all time.
Thousands of scientists all over the world will take simultaneous readings which when collated, will give valuable information about the weather, the earth’s atmosphere, the behaviour of radio waves, latitude and longitude measurements, ocean currents, and the earth’s rotation.
Mr Georges La Clavere, a distinguished French geographer, who will preside at the four-day meeting, said the scientists will discuss problems such as transport, supplies, and communications for operations near the South Pole.
He said there will be 21 weather stations on the Continent during the Geophysical Year, and they will be manned by about 400 men. “Among the things we must discuss is who will provide the shipping for the weather men,” he added.
Delegates to the conference include scientists from Australia, New Zealand, and Russia.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27705, 8 July 1955, Page 6
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