The 1968 Antarctic Italian CAI-CNR mission: a story map to rediscover an almost unknown geographical exploration

• Published in: Abstracts of the ICA
• Main Authors: Giovanni Mauro, Alessia Glielmi
• Other Authors: International Cartographic Association (ICA), Zamperlin P., Cantile A., Milli M., Mauro, Giovanni, Glielmi, Alessia
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Pubblications 2021
• Subjects: Italian Antarctic mission; Wright Valley; Story map; Geographical exploration; Antarctic; Victoria Land; McMurdo Dry Valleys; Ross Island; Transantarctic Mountains; New Zealand; South Pole; Vanda; Olympus; Christchurch; St. Pauls; Olympus Range; Antarc*; Antarctica; South pole
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11591/461516; https://doi.org/10.5194/ica-abs-3-198-2021

Even today, at the dawn of a new millennium, North and South Pole remain largely unknown areas. As part of the geographical explorations of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme in Victoria Land (a region of Antarctica located south of New Zealand), more than fifty years ago the Club Alpino I...