History
The Byrd Polar center at Ohio State University was established in 1960 as the Institute for Polar Studies. The name was changed to Byrd Polar Research Center in 1987. Research foci were originally included geology, glaciology, and biology. Studies at the BPRC now include paleoclimatology, remote sensing, polar meteorology, glacier dynamics, and environmental geochemistry. BPRC scientists study high elevation and high latitude regions.
BPRC houses the National Polar Rock Repository.
BPRC archives include the works of Hubert Wilkins, A.H. Waite, and Frederick Cook.
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