Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Hunkins, 1996-1998.

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Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Hunkins, 1996-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84275777

Topics include his growing up in Lake Placid, NY; his education; his college years at Yale; graduate years at Stanford; his decision to get into geophysics; the International Geophysical Year; ice stations and research in the Arctic; research in physical oceanography; Prominently mentioned are Maurice Ewing, Bruce Heezen, Jack Oliver, Joshua Soske, George Thompson, Norbert Untersteiner.

Transcript (3 sessions), 165 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Oceanographer (marine geophysics). Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory. From the description of Oral history interview with Kenneth L. Hunkins, 1996-1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84275777 ...