Polar Research

Mary A. McWhinnie is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at De Paul University. Her research has focused on comparative physiology, particularly the metabolic basis of low temperature adaptation in cold-blooded animals and the life cycle of Euphausia superba (krill) and she has published widely on these subjects. She was the first American woman scientist to work in Antarctica, to winter-over at McMurdo Station, and to serve as station scientific leader. She has participated in seven cruises on the antarctic research ship USNS Eltanin and was chief scientist in 1972. She chaired the Advisory Committee for Processes and Resources of the Bering Sea (PROBES) and is a member of the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences and of many other national and international groups concerned with polar activities.

Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Emergence of Antarctica -- Polar Research: A Synthesis with Special Reference to Biology -- Antarctica and Gondwanaland -- The Role of the Polar Regions in Global Climate Change -- Polar Oceans: Similarities and Differences in Their Physical Oceanography -- Primary Productivity and Estimates of Potential Yields of the Southern Ocean -- Problems in the Conservation of Polar Marine Mammals -- The Physiology and Biochemistry of Low Temperature Adaptations in Polar Marine Ectotherms -- Terrestrial Adaptations in Polar Regions -- Polar Logistic Support: The United States Navy -- Polar Research: Status and Prospectus -- Major International Polar Research Programs