Record

RefNoEXP/11/1/1/45
AltRefNoH.BAY/133, H.BAY/136
LevelFile
TitleHalley Bay expedition, file of Royal Society assistant secretary 'IGY/Antarctic Document Centre and Scott Polar Research Institute'
Date1955-1961
DescriptionFile from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay. File consisting of papers and correspondence largely between A F Moore of the Royal Society and G de Q Robin of SPRI regarding: the IGY [International Geophysical Year], Antarctic document centres, and with and about the Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge.

Including:
Reprint 'Depth of Polar Ice Caps' - J J Holtzscherer and Gordon de Q Robin.
Thirty-third and thirty-fourth Annual Report on the work of the Scott Polar Research Institute.
Graph showing national plans for Antarctica.
Directorship of the Scott Polar Research Institute: Notice.

Correspondence regarding: IGY volumes and journals; Soviet collection of articles; BBC monitoring of Russian Broadcasts; reports on activities at Halley Bay; potential to place information from the Scott Polar research institute at special Antarctic Document Centres.
ExtentOne file
AccessStatusOpen
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