British Antarctic Survey, 1976–77

• Published in: Polar Record
• Main Author: Madden, C.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1977
• Subjects: Antarctic; Rothera; Adelaide Island; Antarc*; British Antarctic Survey; Polar Record
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525573/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400001273

Six main British Antarctic Survey stations were occupied throughout the year. Of these, Adelaide air base on Adelaide Island was closed down at the end of the summer, as it has been replaced by a new station, Rothera, 64 km to the north–east. A snow runway near the new site had been brought into use...