| RefNo | EXP/11/1/1/234 |
| AltRefNo | H.BAY/239 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Halley Bay expedition file, 'Colonial contributions - Falklands C', SCAR/IGY |
| Date | 1955-1957 |
| Description | File from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay.
File of papers largely containing correspondence between Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) and the Royal Society, particularly about glaciology in South Georgia, and about existing FIDS bases in the Antarctic, as well as copies of Royal Society British National Committee for the International Geophysical Year reports.
Copy of the Royal Society British National Committee for the International Geophysical Year report by the U K National Delegation to the Antarctic Conference for the International Geophysical Year, Paris, July 1955
Letter from G E R Deacon FRS, National Institute of Oceanography to A F Moore of the Royal Society regarding proposed oceanographic International Geophysical Year observations in South Georgia and the Argentine Islands, 22 May 1956
Draft documents regarding meteorology and aerology programmes in the Falkland Islands and dependencies, 1956
Copy of memo from the British National Committee for the International Geophysical Year 'FIDS participation in the International Geophysical Year', ref: NGY/36 (56), 1956
Copy of document 'International Geophysical Year: Stummary of observations required under (IX) glaciology', Gerard Manley, 12 September 1956
Correspondence between Gordon Manley, Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), the Colonial Office and D C Martin of the Royal Society regarding the glaciology work carried out at South Georgia by Jeremy Smith and Richard Brown, 1956-1957
Copy of a document giving a brief history of FIDS, [1950s]
Copy of a letter from the FIDS office to D C Martin of the Royal Society regarding infromation about FIDS bases in the Antarctic, 16 January 1957
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| Extent | One file |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7267 | Deacon; Sir; George Edward Raven (1906 - 1984) | 1906 - 1984 |