The History of the International Polar Years (IPYs) - Barr, Susan; Lüdecke, Cornelia; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
The First Three Polar Years - A General Overview -- The International Polar Year 1882-1883 -- The Expeditions of the First International Polar Year -- An Evaluation of the Achievements of the First International Polar Year -- International Cooperation in Antarctica 1901-1904 -- The Second International Polar Year 1932-1933 -- Some IPY-2 Histories -- Achievements of the Second International Polar Year -- Origins of the International Geophysical Year -- The IPY-3: The International Geophysical Year (1957-1958) -- The Achievements of the IGY -- Side-Effects and Traces of the Early IPYs -- International Meteorological and Magnetic Co-operations in Polar Regions -- Why Do We Have a 4th IPY?.
Keywords: Oceanography; Geophysics; Oceanography; Geophysics/Geodesy.