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Alaska Science Forum: World War II sparked creation of Geophysical Institute

As presidential bill signings go, H.R. 6496 wasn’t a particularly exciting one for the nation on July 31, 1946.

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As presidential bill signings go, H.R. 6496 wasn’t a particularly exciting one for the nation on July 31, 1946.

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The institute grew from wartime geophysical research that federal officials said would aid Arctic mapping and military construction.