Record

RefNoEXP/11/1/1/252
AltRefNoH.BAY/244
LevelFile
TitleHalley Bay expedition file, A, 'IGY/RSAE Leader's orders 1957', correspondence and report [Robin Arthur Smart]
Date1956-1957
DescriptionFile from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay.

File of 'leader's orders' for the 1957 Royal Society Antarctic Expedition. The file comprises correspondence about experimental work which should be carried out by the expedition team while at Halley Bay.

Including:
Copies and original of letters to D C Martin from Gordon Manley, University of London, including instructions for the work in glaciology at Halley Bay, 15 October 1957.
'Instructions to Leader, 1958' with regard to measuring ozone concentrations with sounding balloons (Dr A W Brewer)
Letter to D C Martin from James Patan of Edinburgh University, regarding methods of recording data, 13 October 1957
Draft of orders to Colonel Robin Smart on the transfer of the leadership of Halley Bay to Mr J MacDowall (reference number HB/3/57), 1957
Letter from James Wordie to D C Martin on the Captain's navigation of the Weddell Sea, 10 October 1957
ExtentOne file
FormatManuscript
Typescript
AccessStatusOpen
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