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TitleMinutes of a meeting of the British National Committee on Antarctic Research
Date27 May 1959
DescriptionPresent; Sir Raymond Priesteley, Chairman; Sir Miles Clifford; Dr S Evans; Sir Vivian Fuchs; Mr H H Lamb; Mr J Paton; Dr L G C E Pugh; Dr G de Q Robin; Mr G Seligman; Mr A H Sheffield; Professor J E Smith; Sir James Wordie

Mr W R Piggott, Dr R C Sutcliffe and Mr W D C Wiggins attended by invitation

1. Minutes
Minutes of the meeting held on 27 January 1959 (NAR/11(59)) were confirmed

2. Matters arising from the minutes
(a) Minute 3(a) - South Georgia upper Air Ascents
(b) Minute 3(a) - Collection of cosmic dust Spherules
(c) Minute 3(a0 0 Antarctic Condensation Nuclei
(d) Minute 3(a) - observtion of Noctilucent Clouds
(e) Minute 3(a) - Determination of total ozone
(f) Minute 3(b) - FIDS advertisements
(g) Minute 3(c) - Antarctic auroral data
(h) Minute 3(e) - Cosmic Ray observations
(i) Minute 3(i) - United States Antarctic Cartographic Activities
(j) Minutes 3(m) and 3(o) - Australian oceanogrphic and marine biology programmes
(k) Minute 3(p) - Antarctic biological research
(j) Minute 5 - Halley Bay programme 1960
(m) Minute 8 - Proposed visit to England by Dr M M Somov
(n) Minute 9 - Application to join Societ antarctic Expedition
(o) Minute 10 - Antarctic Symposium, Buenos Aires
(p) Minute 11 - SCAR Bulletin

3. Third SCAR Meeting, Canberra, March 1959
(a) Venue of 1960 SCAR Meeting
(b) Antarctic Cartography
(c) SCAR Reporters
(d) Exchange of Information
(e) SCAR Biological Programme
(f) AMendments to the SCAR Scientific Programme
(g) Delegate's Report
(h) Papers Received at Meeting

4. Symposium on Antarctic Meteorology, Melbourne, February 1959

5. Radio Echo Auroral Studies at Halley Bay

6. Annual Contribution to SCAR

7. UK Antarctic activities 1959/60

8. Soviet Antarctic Data

9. Documents Received

10. Date of Next meeting

1. Antarctic Atlas

Summary of Recommendations to Council

Minute 3(a) : that the sum of £400 should be included in the Royal Society Treasure estimate for the next financial year for the fourth meeting of the ICSU Special Committee on Antarctic Research, which was likely to be held in Cambridge in late August 1960, should the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute be fully satisfied, after consulting all concerned, that this was a suitable venue for the meeting.

Minute 6 : that the United Kingdom annual subscription to SCAR for 1959 of 500 dollars be paid.

Minute 11 : that a letter be sent to the President of the United States National Academy of Sciences in Washington inviting their co-operation in a joint venture leading to the publication of an Antarctic Atlas by the Clarendon Press.
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