Author: Laura Kissel, polar curator at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program Welcome to Ohio! The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program, aka the Polar Archives, is a collaborative venture of the Ohio State University Libraries and the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center. The Polar Archives was formally established… Read More Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center Archival Program: Oral History Collection

  Since 2020 members and friends of ICHO have crowdsourced more than a thousand journal articles, books, chapters, and more that address the history of ocean science in our collaborative ICHO’s Zotero group library. The first Zotero Fest, held from January 6 to 10, 2022, was devoted to organizing, polishing, and adding new entries to… Read More ICHO Zotero Fest, 2022

Spring is already here and with it, a new bookshelf of ocean stories! Submerge in our selection of recent releases or forthcoming publications, which cover from Asian seawaters to rivers, tackle current issues such as ocean governance and climate change, and feature biographical experiences and first-hand accounts of traditional sailing practices. Click on the book… Read More ICHO’s Booklist Spring 2022

by Joanna Behrman, Assistant Public Historian at the American Institute of Physics The Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics has put together a new virtual exhibit which takes visitors on an interactive journey across the world’s oceans aboard the Research Vessel Vema. Formerly a luxury yacht, the R/V Vema became… Read More New Web Exhibit on the Research Vessel Vema