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Science 8 August 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4457, pp. 643 - 652
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4457.643
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Focus on Polar Research

A. L. Washburn 1

1 Chairman of the Polar Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., and professor emeritus in the Department of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle 98195

A few of the scientific challenges of polar research are reviewed, with stress on the work being done by U.S. investigators. The accomplishments that have been made are impressive, but much remains to be done. An evaluation of future research goals and priorities in science per se and in the national interest is not attempted, but a research strategy for the future, presently planned by the National Research Council's Polar Research Board, should contribute to this end.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Voices from the Ice: Diaries of Polar Explorers.
J. S. P. Mocellin and P. Suedfeld (1991)
Environment and Behavior 23, 704-722
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