Cartwright, Gordon.
Oral history interview with Gordon Cartwright, 9 May 2000.
Topics discussed include organizing the Arctic Project Office of the USWB in the late 1940s, which later became the Polar Project Office during the IGY; development of the Joint Arctic Weather Reporting System (JAWS) with Canada during the late 1940s and early 1950s; was exchanged to Mirny Station, Russia during the IGY.
Meteorologist; began work at United States Weather Bureau in 1929; retired from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 1975, where he had been the U.S. Representative to the World Meteorological Organization for many years.
International Geophysical Year, 1957-1958.
United States. Weather Bureau -- Field work.
Polar regions -- Discovery and exploration.
Scientific expeditions -- Polar regions -- 20th century.
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Ohio State University. University Archives. 2700 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA