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The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Extract

Since the description of the activities of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for 1946–47 by Surgeon-Commander E. W. Bingham no general account of the Survey's activities has appeared in the Polar Record. The writer's connection with these activities dates from 1948, but in order to bring the story up to date, it is necessary to begin in 1947.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1951

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References

page 7 note 1 See the Polar Record, Vol. 5, Nos. 33/34, 1947, p. 2739CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

page 9 note 1 This was the second award in two years, for E. W. K. Walton, also of the Stonington Island base, had been awarded the Albert Medal for a similar effort in 1946.

page 16 note 1 Only three Emperor Penguin rookeries have hitherto been discovered, at Cape Crozier, Gaussberg, and Haswell Island.

page 20 note 1 In the years 1948–50, seven tons of dog pemmican were used at Stonington Island alone. The standard ration was 1 lb. per dog per day.

page 21 note 1 Known to the United States Antarctic Service Expedition of 1939–41 as “Eklund Island”.

page 25 note 1 For names of staff at shore stations in 1947–48, see the Polar Record, Vol. 5, Nos. 33/34, 1947, p. 39Google Scholar.