Bacteriology during the expeditions of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration

ABSTRACT During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, nine expeditions are recorded as performing bacteriological research, but for only six were the results published and for one of these, the publication only relates to a single sample. Most of those doing the research were medically qualified...

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Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Guly, H.R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2012
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Antarc*
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247412000381
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247412000381
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Summary:ABSTRACT During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, nine expeditions are recorded as performing bacteriological research, but for only six were the results published and for one of these, the publication only relates to a single sample. Most of those doing the research were medically qualified though the majority of the research related to the bacteriology of snow, air, seawater and the contents of the alimentary tracts of Antarctic animals rather than clinical bacteriology. This paper discusses the research aims, the difficulties encountered and the broad results.

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