Record

RefNoEXP/11/1/1/245
LevelFile
TitleHalley Bay expedition file, IGY general: correspondence concerning equipment, draft financial agreement between Trans-Antarctic Expedition and Royal Society for use of Magga Dan, IGY/SCAR
Date1956-1957
DescriptionFile from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay.

Correspondence concerning the order and purchase of ice-boring equipment from Messrs Leonard Farnell & Co including a photograph of the equipment and a delivery note.
Correspondence between G E Hemmen and Dr D C Martin discussing Hemmen's position on the expedition.
Proposed draft for the financial agreement between The Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the Royal Society for the mutual use of the Magga Dan including: Insurance and Personnel Indemnities. Includes from a form to be signed by members of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition or the Royal Society's expedition to Antarctica.
ExtentOne file
AccessStatusOpen
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