Antarctic partners
Subtitle: 50 years of New Zealand and United States cooperation in Antarctica, 1957-2007
By: Neville Peat.
Contributors: New Zealand. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Publisher: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in association with Phantom House Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wellington, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9780958283809
Subjects: Scott Base -- History.; New Zealand Antarctic Programme -- History.; United States Antarctic Program -- History.; McMurdo Station (Antarctica) -- History.; Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- New Zealand.; Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- United States.; Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration.
Description: This book is a richly illustrated and at times dramatic account of the dynamics of New Zealand-United States cooperation in Antarctica - the way people get to and from Antarctica by air and sea, the day-to-day reality of living and conducting science in a frozen desert, diplomatic links through the Antarctic Treaty System, the need for search-and-rescue capability, and the extraordinary collaboration between Antarctic scientists from the two nations. The history of the partnership is traced from that first summer - when United States Rear Admiral George Dufek and Sir Edmund cemented a productive friendship - to the present day.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 118) and index.