Ohio State University/American Polar Society Polar Oral History Project

The purpose is to document the early years of American polar exploration by interviewing those who were in the polar regions since the 1920s. Ultimately, the goal is to preserve the heritage of American polar exploration for future generations of researchers and scientists. 100 Interviews with scientists, military personnel and explorers were conducted for this project, resulting in almost 300 hours in audio tape documentation.

Completed interviews are listed on the web site at: "library.osu.edu/". Brief abstracts of the interviews, written by the interviewer, are linked to each name. Transcripts have been completed for most interviews and are available by contacting the polar curator at kissel.4@osu.edu.