II—The British Transantarctic Expedition

Captain Scott went to the pole over the Ross Barrier, up the Beardmore Glacier (Fig. 1) which is about 100 miles long, and then on to the south pole, coming out by the same route. The great Norwegian explorer Amundsen went in from the other side over the shelf, up one of the glaciers and on to the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of Navigation
Main Author: Lowe, George
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1957
Subjects:
Ocean Engineering
Oceanography
South Pole
Byrd
Beardmore
Beardmore Glacier
Antarc*
Antarctica
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0373463300016635
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0373463300016635
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Summary:Captain Scott went to the pole over the Ross Barrier, up the Beardmore Glacier (Fig. 1) which is about 100 miles long, and then on to the south pole, coming out by the same route. The great Norwegian explorer Amundsen went in from the other side over the shelf, up one of the glaciers and on to the pole. Admiral Byrd flew in and out again in 1929. Apart from these expeditions very little has been done in Antarctica and nearly all of it, apart from the fringe, is untouched.

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