The Leading Edge; October 2007; v. 26; no. 10;
p. 1290-1292; DOI: 10.1190/1.2794388
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Figure 1. (a) Just before the beginning of the IGY, a LIFE photographer took this photograph in the international IGY office at Brussels. The occasion was a meeting of the five-man Bureau of CSAGI, the special IGY international committee. E. Herbays (left) was present to advise the Bureau; he was treasurer of the International Council of Scientific Unions, a member of CSAGI, and its first convener. The others, from left to right, were V. V. Beloussov (member), L. V. Berkner (vice-president), M. Nicolet (general secretary), J. Coulomb (member), and S. Chapman (president). (b) The IGY calendar included an extra month at each end of the actual IGY. Many IGY procedures underwent trials during June 1957. Numerous IGY observations were increased or extended on the regular World Days—three or four per month—whose dates are circled. World Days of special character—new moon, total eclipse, or unusual meteor activity—are indicated. Special weather observations were made during World Meteorological Intervals—each of 10 consecutive days in each quarter year; their dates are enclosed in boxes. These two images were scanned from a book by Chapman which chronicles many of the activities associated with the IGY.
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