Australian exploration of Heard Island, 1947–1971

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Budd, Grahame M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2007
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Ecology; Geography, Planning and Development; Antarctic; Heard Island; Indian; Heard; McDonald Islands; Atlas Cove; Big Ben; Antarc*; Antarctica; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247407006080; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247407006080

In 1947 knowledge of Heard Island was confined to a rough mapping compiled by nineteenth-century sealers, and the results of four scientific expeditions that had briefly investigated the Atlas Cove area. Exploration continued in two distinct periods between 1947 and 1971. In the first period the Aus...