Record

RefNoMOB/085
LevelItem
Title'Visitor's board' from Halley Bay
Date1956
Description'Vistor's board' from the Royal Society's scientific station in the Antarctic, established in 1956 for the International Geophysical Year (IGY). Inscribed 'Visitors' Book' at the top, with the signatures of all those involved in the project.
ObjectNameArtefact
AccessStatusOpen
ProvenanceExact provennce unknown, it may have been deposited with the Society when the advance party returned in 1956, or with the return of the first party in 1959
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