Accession Number:

AD0670466

Title:

PROCEEDINGS OF THE LONG-RANGE POLAR OBJECTIVES CONFERENCE, EASTON, MARYLAND, 4-6 MARCH 1968.

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Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON D C

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Report Date:

1968-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

146.0

Abstract:

As a means of identifying the polar objectives of those agencies having economic and scientific responsibilities, approximately 100 persons attended the Department of Transportation Long-Range Polar Objectives Conference at Easton, Maryland, on 4, 5 and 6 March 1968. The conference was opened by the Secretary of the Department of Transportation, the Honorable Alan S. Boyd. Selected speakers addressed the conference, high-lighting the breadth of interest in the polar regions and stressing the common dependence on and need for transportation. The heart of the conference consisted of six-working sessions, each under the chairmanship of a carefully selected polar expert. Participating in each session were persons representing a broad cross-section of polar interests. By means of informal discussions, producing a catalytic effect, a first estimate of the collective economic and scientific polar objectives was brought to light. Author

Descriptors:

• (*ARCTIC REGIONS
• SYMPOSIA)
• PREDICTIONS
• HISTORY
• COSTS
• ECONOMICS
• SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
• GROWTH(PHYSIOLOGY)
• MINERALS
• CLIMATE
• ARCTIC OCEAN
• ALASKA
• NATURAL RESOURCES
• ANTARCTIC REGIONS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Meteorology
• Economics and Cost Analysis
• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE