Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52
After loading stores at Göteborg and Oslo, the expedition sailed from London on 23 November 1949 in the chartered Norwegian sealing vessel Norsel , G. Jakobsen, master. After calling at Cape Town, where P. G. Law of the Australian Department of External Affairs and J. A. King of the Union Weather Bu...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400047665 2024-09-15T17:42:18+00:00 Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52 Robin, G. De Q. 1953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400047665 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400047665 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 6, issue 45, page 608-616 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 1953 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400047665 2024-08-28T04:03:42Z After loading stores at Göteborg and Oslo, the expedition sailed from London on 23 November 1949 in the chartered Norwegian sealing vessel Norsel , G. Jakobsen, master. After calling at Cape Town, where P. G. Law of the Australian Department of External Affairs and J. A. King of the Union Weather Bureau of South Africa joined the vessel as observers, the Norsel headed south on 27 December to meet the Norwegian whaling factory Thorshovdi , which was carrying an advanced party of five men, with sixty dogs and some heavy equipment. An unexpectedly wide detour had to be made across the South Atlantic as the Thorshevdi was at that time in the Scotia Sea. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Record Scotia Sea Cambridge University Press Polar Record 6 45 608 616 |
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After loading stores at Göteborg and Oslo, the expedition sailed from London on 23 November 1949 in the chartered Norwegian sealing vessel Norsel , G. Jakobsen, master. After calling at Cape Town, where P. G. Law of the Australian Department of External Affairs and J. A. King of the Union Weather Bureau of South Africa joined the vessel as observers, the Norsel headed south on 27 December to meet the Norwegian whaling factory Thorshovdi , which was carrying an advanced party of five men, with sixty dogs and some heavy equipment. An unexpectedly wide detour had to be made across the South Atlantic as the Thorshevdi was at that time in the Scotia Sea. |
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Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52 |
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Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52 |
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Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52 |
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