Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ...
The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additiona...
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ftdatacite:10.15468/24av9a 2024-06-09T07:39:55+00:00 Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... Mackay, Kevin 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.15468/24av9a https://www.gbif.org/dataset/6d1be689-76c7-4124-9f5e-e57d3f93613e en eng Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 Occurrence Observation Dataset dataset OCCURRENCE 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.15468/24av9a 2024-05-13T10:41:15Z The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from donations and gifts by private citizens, corporations and institutions. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd donated many of the supplies that he had gathered for his own expedition, the largest item being the Bear of Oakland, commissioned the USS Bear. A second ship, the USMS North Star, a 1434-ton wooden ice ship built for the Bureau of Indian Affairs was supplied by the Department of the Interior. A total of 125 men departed from the United States in the two ships of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition. Most of the men who made up the expedition were solicited from the military ranks, civilian agencies of government and scientific institutions. A few volunteers were employed by the ... Dataset Antarc* Antarctic DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Antarctic Byrd Evelyn ENVELOPE(-127.270,-127.270,54.883,54.883) Indian North Star ENVELOPE(-117.636,-117.636,56.850,56.850) |
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The United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941), often referred to as Byrd’s Third Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition jointly sponsored by the United States Navy, State Department, Department of the Interior and The Treasury. Although a U.S.-government sponsored expedition, additional support came from donations and gifts by private citizens, corporations and institutions. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd donated many of the supplies that he had gathered for his own expedition, the largest item being the Bear of Oakland, commissioned the USS Bear. A second ship, the USMS North Star, a 1434-ton wooden ice ship built for the Bureau of Indian Affairs was supplied by the Department of the Interior. A total of 125 men departed from the United States in the two ships of the United States Antarctic Service Expedition. Most of the men who made up the expedition were solicited from the military ranks, civilian agencies of government and scientific institutions. A few volunteers were employed by the ... |
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Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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Biological records from the U.S Antarctic Service Expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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biological records from the u.s antarctic service expedition, 1939-41 ... |
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Southwestern Pacific Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS) Node |
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ENVELOPE(-127.270,-127.270,54.883,54.883) ENVELOPE(-117.636,-117.636,56.850,56.850) |
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