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Expeditions supported by RSGS are indicated by an asterisk at the right-hand end of the heading *

Norwegian Antarctic Research Expedition (NARE), 1989-90 *

Documentation

  • Report (Norsk Polarinstitutt Meddelelser nr.113) / edited by Olav Orheim (144pp), with the following sections: -
    • A broad account of the expedition and the building of the station TROLL, followed by an account of the industrial archaeology and biology research at South Georgia;
    • Ornithologic, invertebrate, topographic-geodetic, and gelogic work done by a 19-person group at TROLL and in the region of Gjelsvikfjella and Muhlig-Hofmannfjella, and glaciological work done at Fimbulisen;
    • Oceanographic, marine biological, and marine geological research done from the expedition vessel K/V Andenes in the central and southern parts of the Weddell Sea.

Brabant Island, Antarctica - Joint Services Expedition, 1984-85 *

Documentation

  • Official Report (124pp - 2 copies)
    [Scientific reports lodged with the Royal Geographical Society and the Scott Polar Research Institute libraries].

Elephant Island, Antarctica - Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71 *

Documentation

  • General Report (30pp) plus the following Annexes: -
      • A.  Survey Report (8pp);
      B.  Geology Report (2pp);
      C.  Geomorphology Report (1p);
      D.  Glaciology Report (2pp);
      E.  Botany Report (2pp);
      F.  Ornithology Report (11pp);
      G.  Mammology Report (3pp);
      H.  Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrate Zoology Report (3pp);
       I.   Meteorology Report (1p);
      J.   Mountaineering Report (5pp);
      K.  Acknowledgements (3pp).

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58

Documentation

  • Illustrated Booklet (16pp)

B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition, 1929-31

Documentation

  • Cladocera, Ostracoda, and Freshwater Copepoda (B.A.N.Z.A.R.E. Reports ser.B (Zoology and Botany) v.VIII pt.7 1967 p.141-144) / by Patricia Lofthouse
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