Chapter 2: The story of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–37
This is an account of the British Graham Land Expedition, which spent nearly three years in that part of the Antarctic that lies south of South America and was the first British expedition to winter in Antarctica in the last twenty-five years. HM King George VI approved the award of the Polar Medal...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400027868 2024-03-03T08:38:00+00:00 Chapter 2: The story of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–37 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400027868 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400027868 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 32, issue 181, page 104-112 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400027868 2024-02-08T08:44:44Z This is an account of the British Graham Land Expedition, which spent nearly three years in that part of the Antarctic that lies south of South America and was the first British expedition to winter in Antarctica in the last twenty-five years. HM King George VI approved the award of the Polar Medal to the sixteen members of the party — a coveted distinction — only previously granted the expeditions of Captain Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sir Douglas Mawson, and Mr Gino Watkins. The Royal Geographical Society and the American Geographical Society have also honoured the work of this expedition by giving its leader, Mr John Rymill, their highest awards. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Graham Land Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Shackleton Graham Land ENVELOPE(-63.500,-63.500,-66.000,-66.000) Watkins ENVELOPE(-67.086,-67.086,-66.354,-66.354) Rymill ENVELOPE(65.833,65.833,-73.017,-73.017) Polar Record 32 181 104 112 |
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This is an account of the British Graham Land Expedition, which spent nearly three years in that part of the Antarctic that lies south of South America and was the first British expedition to winter in Antarctica in the last twenty-five years. HM King George VI approved the award of the Polar Medal to the sixteen members of the party — a coveted distinction — only previously granted the expeditions of Captain Scott, Sir Ernest Shackleton, Sir Douglas Mawson, and Mr Gino Watkins. The Royal Geographical Society and the American Geographical Society have also honoured the work of this expedition by giving its leader, Mr John Rymill, their highest awards. |
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