Description | Correspondence, committee papers, meeting minutes and reports concerning the Royal Society expedition for the International Geophysical Year. File contains correspondence regarding the sharing of knowledge and equipment (especially joint use of ships) of the un-connected Royal Society Expedition and the TAE (Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition).
This series contains several sets of Committee papers including those of the British National Committee for the International Geophysical Year the IGY CSAGI Publications Committee; the Antarctic Sub-Committee; and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research.
The series also contains personal correspondence, files on recruitment and several copies of 'The Halley Comet', a light hearted magazine completed by those working at Halley Bay. |