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RefNoEXP/11/1/1/85
LevelFile
TitleHalley Bay expedition, file of D C Martin, papers on International Geophysical Year, Vahsel Bay Station
Date1955
DescriptionFile from the Royal Society International Geophysical Year expedition to Halley Bay. File of D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society.

Correspondence and reports on planning for the IGY and the proposed station at Vahsel Bay. Includes correspondence with Professor A C B Lovell of Jodrell Bank, J M Wordie, V Fuchs and G de Q Robin of SPRI.

List of Discovery Reports.
"Tottan" report.
Provisional List of Equipment for Weddell Sea Base "Vahsel Bay"
Antarctic Conference list of delegates.
Report on the Organisation of Polar Bases. Report on the Upper Wind Measurements by Radio Theodolite in Antarctica.
Report on Seismic Shooting Studies of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.
Antarctic Sub-Committee meeting minutes.

Correspondence reagrding: the meeting of the Antarctic Sub-Committee of the British National Committee for the International Geophysical Year; Vahsel Bay (expedition, equipment); Council on the Brussels meetings; Spectrophotometer for the Antarctic; International Geophysical Year Conference; Falklands Islands Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition; Royal Society International Geophysical Year Expedition.
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AccessStatusOpen
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