Whaler's cross on Deception Island
The cemetery at Whalers Bay, Deception Island, was the largest in the Antarctic prior to being partially buried and partially washed away during a volcanic eruption in 1969. In 2002 a wooden cross at Argentina's Decepción Station was identified as being that of the Norwegian whaler Peder Knapst...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247403003279 2024-03-03T08:37:57+00:00 Whaler's cross on Deception Island Barr, Susan Downie, Rod Sánchez, Rodolfo 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247403003279 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247403003279 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 40, issue 1, page 69-70 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 2004 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247403003279 2024-02-08T08:35:33Z The cemetery at Whalers Bay, Deception Island, was the largest in the Antarctic prior to being partially buried and partially washed away during a volcanic eruption in 1969. In 2002 a wooden cross at Argentina's Decepción Station was identified as being that of the Norwegian whaler Peder Knapstad. It was removed, secured in a base, and re-erected at Whalers Bay. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Deception Island Polar Record Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Deception Island ENVELOPE(-60.633,-60.633,-62.950,-62.950) Whalers Bay ENVELOPE(69.917,69.917,-49.100,-49.100) Polar Record 40 1 69 70 |
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The cemetery at Whalers Bay, Deception Island, was the largest in the Antarctic prior to being partially buried and partially washed away during a volcanic eruption in 1969. In 2002 a wooden cross at Argentina's Decepción Station was identified as being that of the Norwegian whaler Peder Knapstad. It was removed, secured in a base, and re-erected at Whalers Bay. |
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