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Gunter Weller is interviewed by Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 4, 2000 [sound recording].
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Gunter Weller is interviewed by Bill Schneider in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 4, 2000 [sound recording].
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[sound recording].
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Physical Description:
1 audiocassette (ca. 90 min.) : analog.
Series Title:
Geophysical Institute 50th Anniversary tapes
General Note:
This interview is copyrighted by the Oral History Program. For information about use, please consult the "Copyright Information" statement at the bottom of the interview page. To get to the interview page, click on the link at the bottom of this record.
Event Note:
Recorded on May 4, 2000 in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Abstract:
Gunter Weller talks about migrating to Australia and shaping his career, becoming involved in research in Antarctica, the Geophysical Institute and moving to Alaska, the atmosphere of the Geophysical Institute at the time, how the Geophysical Institute operated, the Geophysical Institute under the directorship of Juan Roederer, the Geophysical Institute under the directorship of Syun Akasofu, Japanese involvement in polar research, discussion on global climate change and Geophysical Institute involvement, analysis of global climate change, the multi-disciplinary nature of researching climate change, sorting out natural versus man-made variation in climate change, finding the balance between disciplinary and interdisciplinary science, contrasting the Arctic and Antarctica and the competency of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, looking to the future and the direction of the Geophysical Institute, and research needs for the future.
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