The role of Deception Island in the development of Antarctic affairs ...

• Main Author: Killingbeck, John
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Deception Island; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.23433; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/276152

This is a study to present the evidence to show that Deception Island has played a significant role in the development of Antarctic affairs. It covers the involvement of the island in sealing, discovery, scientific exploration, flying, whaling, disputed colonialism and the final evacuation of the is...