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Paul Larsen
No full textPaul B. Larsen. The author taught air and space law for more than 40 years respectively at Southern Methodist University and at Georgetown University. He is co-author of Lyall and Larsen, Space Law a Treatise (2ne edition Routledge 2017) and of Larsen, Sweeney and Gillick, Aviation Law. Cases and Related Sources (second edition, Martinus Nijhof, 2012)https://commons.erau.edu/stm-images/1095/thumbnail.jp
Envision Film Festival: Josh Larsen
No full textJosh Larsen, Radio Host, Author, Editor and Film Critic, Think Christian, Chicago, IL, speaks about the purpose and function of movies, and the possibility of seeing them as prayers.
This chapel preceded the Envision Film Festival
Interview of Calvin Larsen by Brian Shoemaker
No full textBengaard, Hans, Danish meteorologist, p. 33
Boyer, David, foreign editor, National Geographic Magazine, p. 6
Crary, Bert, pp. 29, 44-45
Crowder, J.J., Captain, USN, Commander of Naval Photo Center, pp. 55-56
Dawson, “Skip,” Major US Army, pp. 12-13
Dickey, Captain USN, Com Nav Antarctica, pp. 25, 27, 49-50
Dufek, George, Admiral USN, pp. 7, 13, 49
Flynn, Commander, Seabees, pp. 49-50, 54
Frazier, Paul, Commander USN, author of Antarctic Assault, pp. 7, 9, 21,24
Gundmunson, “Goody,” pp. 23-24, 26
Kiel, Max, fell to his death in a crevasse (on an earlier expedition), pp. 10-14
Miller, Jerry, Vice Admiral USN, p. 3
Orndorff, Lt. Commander, USN, pp. 29, 49-50
Rastogurev, Vladimir I, Russian scientist at Little America. p. 38
Riley, Steve, p. 52
Shoek, Peter, glaciologist, p. 45
Siple, Paul p. 33
Smith, Philip, Warrant Officer, US Army, pp. 12-13, 25
Speed, Harvey, Lt. Commander USAF, pilot, pp. 18-20
Verbincoeur, Ben, Chief Quartermaster, pp. 27, 29, 35
White, Lt JG, USN, tractor train commander, p. 27
Young, Victor, Chief Warrant Officer USN, pp. 7-8, 15, 20, 25The media can be accessed here: http://streaming.osu.edu/knowledgebank/byrd/oral_history/Calvin_Larsen.mp3Calvin Larsen, distinguished polar photographer, and Lt. Commander USN, enlisted in the Navy at age 17 near the end of WWII before completing High School in Culbertson, Montana. He served at various stations in the Pacific theatre as a photographer before being sent to Pensacola, Florida for both Photographic A School and then Camera Repair School. He excelled at both and was kept on as an instructor. He was promoted to Chief Petty Officer. He produced color films during the Korean War for TV networks, and even some background footage for Hollywood films. His success led to assignments in Motion Picture School and Advanced Photographic School.
Larsen was accepted for duty with Operation Deepfreeze in Antarctica, and arrived at Little America aboard the icebreaker USS Glacier in October, 1956. He remained until November, 1957. As the Glacier approached the continent, Larsen, while clinging to a moveable boom in front of the ship, took the first pictures ever of an icebreaker moving through the ice. It was still early spring in Antarctica, and the Glacier was the first ship to break through the ice there at such an early date. Within days of his arrival Larsen was assigned to a six-unit tractor train manned by Seabees that was to carry supplies all the way to Byrd Station, over a 600-mile, one-way, trip. Their route took them across a major crevasse field, the first land expedition ever to try to get so far up on the continent. It was a dangerous plan. A reconnaissance party driving a light Tucker Sno Cat led the way. It carried crevasse detectors, but once found, the crevasses had to be half dropped to stabilize them by setting explosive charges. The Sno Cats then filled in the collapsed crevasse to ground level with packed snow. Once the crevasse was leveled off, a 90-ton tractor, carrying cranes and other heavy supplies, could safely proceed across it. Typically the expedition averaged 2.8 miles per hour and traveled 23 hours, or about 55 miles, each day. There were 2 separate shifts each working about 12 hours. Larsen drove his full 12-hour stint, and then took his photographs afterwards. The trip to Byrd Station took about 2 ½ weeks. The party was assisted by an Army advance reconnaissance party, led by Major “Skip” Dawson and Lt. Philip Smith, who placed a snow cairn with a barrel on it every 25 miles to mark the route. Air Force pilots, including Harvey Speed, flew in and dropped two large, 5000 gallon, rubber fuel tanks at the midpoint (300 miles) of the expedition.
En route to the Byrd Station a push rod broke on one of the six tractors, and the entire train had to stop just when a blizzard was predicted. Facing a long, dangerous delay before a new, regulation rod could be flown in, Larsen, and another man, without notifying superiors, used part of a cooking utensil and a blowtorch and fashioned a workable replacement part. Chief Warrant Officer Victor Young, a fine officer, was furious since a non-standard part had been used, but after heated discussion he relented and the party proceeded ahead of the blizzard without incident. Once they arrived at Byrd Station there was absolutely nothing there. The Air Force flew in a construction crew and more supplies, and Larsen returned to Little America on one of the planes. Victor Young led the tractor train back to home base.
Larsen was the chief in charge of photography at Little America. As such, he had no formally assigned duties, but he found numerous ways to be busy and helpful. All of the men there pitched in to help whenever possible. There were three other photographers, all enlisted men, in Antarctica at the time, one at McMurdo, one at Wilkes, and one at Weddell Sea. None required any supervision from Larsen. One set of aerial photographs taken by Larsen pinpointed a dangerous crack in the ice near where supplies were being unloaded. Using shape charges the iceberg was blown out to sea and ships incoming to the base had a new and safer place to tie up. Another example of Larsen’s overall utility is when he was ordered by Captain Dickey, Com Nav Antarctica, to fly out to a tractor train where Lt. White seemed unable to discharge his duties. Larsen replaced White as Assistant Commander of the train, and he continued with the train until its safe return to base.
In September, 1957, Larsen was part of the landing party at Beardmore Glacier base, a halfway refueling stop en route to the South Pole. It was 63 degrees below zero when they landed and set about immediately to assemble Jamesway huts. Later, he took part in R4D flights to Liv Glacier to retrieve some 54 gallon drums of aviation fuel that had been left there. He also participated in a flight to the South Pole. At the invitation of Dr. Bert Crary, Larsen took part in the Ross Ice Shelf traverse. They reached Roosevelt Island, the place where Peter Shoek, a German glaciologist, fell into a crevasse and broke his back. After much effort he was successfully flown to New Zealand where he recovered. Crary, a civilian scientist, conducted research to determine how much the Ice Shelf that housed the base at Little America was moving. It was determined that the base drifted two miles north while Larsen was there.
Meanwhile, Larsen continued taking numerous photographs and making motion pictures of all activities at Little America. This continued even during the winter months when, because of the blizzards, the only access to the outside was through 54 gallon drums which connected to a ladder to the surface. Much late, these photographs were stored either in the National Photo Interpretation Center or the National Archives. He did not have any personal problems with the extended periods of darkness in Antarctica. Darkness began in late April and lasted until August. June 21 was the mid-point, and an occasion for a mid-winter party at the base. Twilight lasted for weeks. Regular work routines were maintained throughout the winter. The base ran on International Zulu time. Larsen was able to communicate about once a month with his wife, Carol, via ham radio. His daughter, Sonya, was born after Larsen arrived in Antarctica. All of the men relied on ham radio for family news. There was a base newsletter printed from time to time, but very quickly the men tended to lose interest in outside world events.
After his tour of duty to Antarctica ended in November, 1957, Larsen worked at the Fleet Air Photo Lab at Miramar, California where he was the Production Chief. In January, 1962, Larsen was commissioned. He flew as a navigator in the RA-3’s for 3 ½ years, and then received orders to VX6 to relieve Steve Riley. He agreed to another tour of duty in Antarctica, but it was suddenly cut short because of severe bleeding ulcers. He never returned to Antarctica. Looking back on his first tour to Antarctica Larsen said, knowing what he knew now, that as an enlisted man he would never have agreed to go there. He felt that he and other photographers had been unfairly rated by Commander Flynn, the Seabee Commander, who consistently gave the photographers low annual evaluations. Even so Larsen felt understandable pride at his many accomplishments. He became Head of the Still Picture Department at the Naval Photo Center, and among other achievements there he put the entire Navy on shooting Kodachrome for documentary purposes, a superior type of film with excellent archival qualities. Working as a navigator he also made covert reconnaissance flights throughout the Mediterranean.
Major Topics
Tour of duty as Chief Photographer to Operation Deepfreeze, Antarctica,
Living and working conditions in Antarctica including the winter months
Tractor train traverses across long stretches of Antarctica
Techniques for crossing dangerous crevasses with heavy equipment
Producing thousands of still photographs plus motion picture film on Antarctica
Larsen’s post-Antarctic naval career, including his Commissioning in 1962Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in Ghana: Evidence from a multi-method survey among adolescent schoolgirls and schoolboys.
No full textOn a daily basis, schoolgirls in low and middle-income countries discover blood on their clothing for the first time in school environments without toilets, water, or a supportive teacher, mentor, or role model to help them understand the changes happening in their bodies. This study aimed to examine the menstrual knowledge, sociocultural restrictions, and barriers to menstrual hygiene management in school environment among adolescent schoolgirls in a rural community. We collected quantitative data from 250 adolescent schoolgirls and qualitative data from thirty schoolboys and five schoolteachers in five Junior High Schools in the Kumbungu district of northern Ghana. Binary logistic regression models were fitted to determine the predictors of poor menstrual knowledge. Qualitative data were transcribed verbatim, coded, and organized into themes. Overall, 53.6% of the girls had poor knowledge about menstruation. Most of the boys had heard about menstruation and had an idea about what menstruation is with most of them describing it as "the flow of blood through the vagina of a female." The boys revealed that terms such as "Vodafone," "Red card," and "Palm oil" are used to describe menstruation in the schools and within the community. After adjusting for the effect of other sociodemographic factors, we found evidence that girls in their late adolescents were less likely to have poor menstrual knowledge compared to those aged 10-14 years (aOR 0.20, 95%CI 0.08-0.48). Maternal education was protective against poor menstrual knowledge. When compared to adolescents whose mothers were illiterates, those whose mothers had basic education (aOR 0.62, 95%CI 0.28-1.40) and those whose mothers had secondary or higher education (AOR 0.22, 95%CI 0.06-0.76) were less likely to have poor knowledge about menstruation. Adolescents from homes with no television and radio sets were more likely to have poor menstrual knowledge compared to those from homes with television and radio sets (aOR 2.42, 95%CI 1.41-4.15). Comfort, safety, and cost were the major factors that influenced their choice of sanitary products. Most of the teachers said the schools do not provide students with sanitary products, even in emergencies. We found that girls were not to prepare some local dishes (e.g. Wasawasa) during their periods and are forbidden from participating in religious activities (i.e. read the Holy Quran or pray in the mosque) during the period of menstruation. Open discussions about menstruation and its management are not encouraged and girls are considered unclean and impure during the period of menstruation. None of the schools had a regular supply of water in WASH facilities, a mirror for girls to check their uniforms for bloodstains or soap in the toilet facilities for handwashing. Menstrual education through the standard school curriculum, starting from primary school, could prepare girls for menarche, improve their knowledge on menstruation, and teach boys how to support girls and women during the period of menstruation. This could also eliminate the sociocultural misconceptions surrounding menstruation
The Larsen Shelf Ice
No full textDescription of that part of the Larsen Shelf Ice traversed by the author when taking part in a sledging expedition which reached lat. 74° 42′ S., manned jointly by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1946–48.</jats:p
The Larsen Shelf Ice
No full textDescription of that part of the Larsen Shelf Ice traversed by the author when taking part in a sledging expedition which reached lat. 74° 42′ S., manned jointly by members of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1946–48.</jats:p
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