Proper noun
IGY
Initialism of International Geophysical Year. (1957-1958)
Lanius, et al, p. 38. Fearing the U.S. would launch a satellite before the USSR, OKB-1 suggested the creation and launch of a satellite in April–May 1957, before the IGY began in July 1957. Source: Internet
More than 70 existing national scientific organizations then formed IGY committees, and participated in the cooperative effort. Source: Internet
The IGY station chief was Otto H Homung (d. 1958) who apparently died on the island and may have been buried there. Source: Internet
These countries had established over 50 Antarctic stations for the IGY. Source: Internet
The IGY, Lee Martin says, marked the end of the heroic age of exploration, ushering in the modern scientific era of peaceful cooperation among nations. Source: Internet