| Description | File from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay.
File comprising correspondence about the Royal Society's Antarctic Expedition's advance party, which set up the Halley Bay base.
Included are letters of praise for expedition leader David Dalgliesh from the Royal Society to Lord Mountbatten of Burma, and letters between expedition leader David Dalgliesh and D C Martin of the Royal Society regarding the return of Dalgliesh to London.
Also included is a contract outlining the Dalgliesh's duties through his leadership of the party. |