Атлас Антарктики. Том I
Главное управление геодезии и картографии МГ СССР · 1966
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This review examines the first volume of the Atlas of Antarctica, published in the Soviet Union in 1966 to mark the tenth anniversary of Soviet Antarctic expeditions. Drawing on Russian, Soviet, and international observations collected from the discovery of Antarctica through 1963, the work is presented as the first comprehensive atlas devoted to the region. Produced collaboratively by numerous Soviet research institutions, it contains 543 maps together with extensive diagrams, tables, aerial photographs, documentary reproductions, and a geographical index of 4,668 names. Although the Antarctic Convergence generally defines its spatial scope, several maps extend to the Subtropical Convergence or even 10° south latitude. The atlas synthesizes the history of exploration and cartography and organizes contemporary knowledge across aeronomy and geophysics, geology and relief, climatology, glaciology, oceanology, biology, and physical-geographical regionalization. The review concentrates on its climatological, glaciological, and oceanographic sections. It highlights the pioneering climatic regionalization of Antarctica, the representation of ice-sheet thickness, accumulation, snow and firn properties, and the mapping of relationships between atmospheric circulation and ocean dynamics. A specific methodological reservation concerns the use of January and July rather than December and June for solar-radiation maps, given the direct astronomical control of insolation in polar regions. The reviewer also notes that scarce, short, and asynchronous observations sometimes prevented reliance on long-term datasets, an understandable limitation of the relatively recent emergence of coordinated Antarctic research. Overall, the atlas is judged a major interdisciplinary synthesis with lasting importance for cartography, geography, polar science, and the history of Antarctic knowledge.
The Soviet Atlas of the Antarctic
K.K. Markov · 1964
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About the Atlas of Antarctica
Ю. Г. Кельнер; Е. И. Ефименко · 1963
This article introduces the Soviet project to compile a comprehensive Atlas of Antarctica, initiated in the early 1960s. The project aimed to systematically organize the extensive yet scattered expedition data accumulated during the International Geophysical Year, presenting the latest scientific understanding of Antarctica through a comprehensive atlas. Approved by the USSR Academy of Sciences and involving about 20 institutions, the atlas covers multiple disciplines including geography, geophysics, geology, climate, glaciology, oceanography, and biology. It was planned for publication in loose-leaf format to facilitate updates. The project served both scientific research and education, reflecting Soviet organizational capacity and international perspective in polar science.
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