The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs)

1. The First Three Polar Years – A General Overview
Rip Bulkeley

2. The International Polar Year 1882–1883
Erki Tammiksaar, Natal’ya Georgievna Sukhova, Cornelia Lüdecke

3. The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year
Susan Barr, Louwrens Hacquebord, Erki Tammiksaar, Natal’ya Georgievna Sukhova

4. An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year
Aant Elzinga

5. International Cooperation in Antarctica 1901–1904
Cornelia Lüdecke

6. The Second International Polar Year 1932–1933
Cornelia Lüdecke, Julia Lajus

7. Some IPY-2 Histories
Susan Barr, Louwrens Hacquebord, Cornelia Lüdecke

8. Achievements of the Second International Polar Year
Aant Elzinga

9. Origins of the International Geophysical Year
Rip Bulkeley

10. The IPY-3: The International Geophysical Year (1957–1958)
Klaus Dodds, Irina Gan, Adrian Howkins

11. The Achievements of the IGY
Jorge Berguño, Aant Elzinga

12. Side-Effects and Traces of the Early IPYs
Susan Barr, Rip Bulkeley

13. International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions
Cornelia Lüdecke

14. Why Do We Have a 4th IPY?
Dave Carlson

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Oceanography, Geophysics/Geodesy