UNITED STATES ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS (1838-1962) (Antarkticheskie Ekspeditsii SShA (1838-1962)

• Main Author: Evteev, S. A.
• Other Authors: NAVAL INTELLIGENCE COMMAND ALEXANDRIA VA TRANSLATION DIV
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Snow; Ice and Permafrost; ICE ISLANDS; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; HISTORY; CONSTRUCTION; SEA ICE; MAPPING; USSR; DEEP FREEZE OPERATION; SOUTH POLE; TRANSLATIONS; Antarctic; South Pole; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica; Antarktika; Ice; permafrost; Sea ice; South pole
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0692872; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0692872

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the United States interests in the south polar regions were strictly commercial and were determined by the activities of the fishing enterprises. These enterprises hunted seals and fur-seals in the seas surrounding Antarctica and in the off shore waters of the sub-Antarctic islands. Later on, as interest in Antarctica increased in the United States, there arose the question of organizing a special expedition to explore the south polar regions. The report discusses this exploration. (Author) Trans. of Antarktika. Doklady Komissii (The Antarctic. Commission Reports) 1962, Moscow, 1963 p166-175.