First landings on Zavodovski Island, South Sandwich Islands, 1819

Abstract On 24 December 1819 landing parties from each of Thaddeus Bellingshausen's ships, Vostok and Mirnyy , went ashore on Zavodovski Island, the most northerly of the South Sandwich group. Bellingshausen's second-hand account of these landings has long been available in English. This a...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Barr, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2000
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400016806
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