The Plane and Tractor Used by the British Graham Land Expedition

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Hampton, W. E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1937
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Graham Land; Greenland; Patience; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400036056; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400036056

Only one aeroplane could be taken by the expedition and this necessarily had to be a single-engined machine, as there were no twin-engined aeroplanes at the price which the expedition could afford to pay. As a result great care had to be taken to choose a machine which was equally good as a seaplane...