Description | File from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay. File of Royal Society assistant secretary's papers and correspondence regarding the Trans-Antarctic Expedition.
Including: Provision Seismic and Gravity data. Extract from 'The Lancet' - 'The Commonwealth TAE [Trans-Antarctic Expedition]' 11 April 1959. Press cuttings. Geophysics on the Trans-Antarctic Expedition by J D G Pratt. List of committee and management of the TAE. TAE report. Draft passage for inclusion in the Prime Minister's speech
Correspondence regarding: seismic and gravity data; the property of data collected; thickness of ice at TAE Traverse Stations; potential refunds to TAE; Halley Bay cables; a BBC series 'Men of Antarctica'. |