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The Antarctica Service Medal (ASM) was established by the United States Congress on July 7, 1960, under Public Law 600 of the 86th Congress. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The medal was intended as a military award to replace several commemorative awards which had been issued for previous Antarctica expeditions from 1928 to 1941.
This category is for civil or military awards of any country for exploration or service in the Arctic or Antarctic. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
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The first United States Antarctic Expedition Medal (gold version) was presented to Admiral Richard E. Byrd. As the 1st and 2nd Byrd Expedition medals, and the United States Antarctic Expedition medal were only authorized to be awarded to a select number of people, in 1960 the Antarctica Service Medal was created, which can be awarded generally.
The Navy Arctic Service Ribbon is a decoration of the United States Navy which was established in May 1986. The ribbon is authorized to any member of the U.S. Navy or United States Marine Corps for service above the Arctic Circle. Like the Antarctica Service Medal, it may also be awarded to civilians and members of other U.S. services.
The last single service award was issued in 1960 when Congress authorized the awarding of the Four Chaplains' Medal recognizing the Four Chaplains who died together during World War II. [6] There have been no single service awards issued since by the U.S. military, mainly due to the decline and complications of awarding commemorative service ...
Cassidy was responsible for recognizing that Antarctica represented the greatest repository of meteorites on earth. [3] Starting in the early 1970s, Cassidy led most major meteorite expeditions to the south polar region, and in 1979, he was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal. Bill Cassidy founded and led ANSMET from 1976 to 1993.
She has dated meltwater pulses in Antarctica during warming periods using the ratio of beryllium-10 to beryllium-9. [ 1 ] [ 14 ] Willenbring is also a current investigator at the Luquillo Critical Zone Observatory in Puerto Rico [ 15 ] where she and her colleagues use beryllium-10 , as well as other cosmogenic nuclides, to investigate how ...