Inter‐American Conference on Cosmic Rays and Space Physics

At the Fifth Inter‐American Symposium on Cosmic Rays, held July 17–27, 1962, the Latin American Council on Cosmic Radiation (CLARC) voted to expand its name by the addition of “y Fisica Espacia”, making the initials CLARCYFE; and there were included among the presented papers a substantial number on various topics of space physics. Appropriately, the conference took place in a location nearly halfway between sea level and outer space, namely in the beautiful high‐altitude city of La Paz, Bolivia, close to the world‐famous laboratory of Mt. Chacaltaya, the highest mountain laboratory in the world (elevation 5200 meters, pressure 540 mb)—a flourishing, wellequipped laboratory of which the country of Bolivia is justly proud.

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