Antarctic research and expeditions vol. 7

Abstract

BTS 102/2(7) 1 folder, 213 pages. Pages are out of order. Some documents are hard to read. Contains duplicates. Manuscript notes and documents. Notes on the Empire Scientific Conference, June-July, 1946. Note by the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society on Proposed Research in the Antarctic and a letter from the Norwegian Geographical Society commenting on the note. Extract from the “Washington Post”, Sunday 15th September, 1946, ’20 Scientists will Plumb Antarctica’. Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys 1946. Telegrams from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, London to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Pretoria (also sent to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) regarding reconsiderations of general British Commonwealth territorial claims in Antarctica. Letter from Manuel Bianchi (Chilean Ambassador in London) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs regarding the claims of the Chilean Government to certain sectors of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Press and Radio Release regarding a U.S. Naval Task Force to Leave for Antarctica Early in December, 1946. Telegram from Secretary of State Dominion Affairs reporting latest developments of Antarctic questions. Minutes of the 1st meeting of the Polar Committee, 16th December 1849. Annexures include activities in the Canadian North during 1949, multiple reports on Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1949-51), a one page report from the Australian party on Heard Island regarding an active volcanic eruption, report on Soviet Interest in the Antarctic. Minutes of the Antarctic Place-Names Committee, 2 November 1950. Document on Chilean Claims to British Territory in the Antarctic: Note to the Chilean Government. Map of Bases in the Falkland Island Dependencies, 1949. Notes on the Empire Scientific Conference, June-July, 1946. Note by the Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society on Proposed Research in the Antarctic and a letter from the Norwegian Geographical Society commenting on the note. Extract from the “Washington Post”, Sunday 15th September, 1946, ’20 Scientists will Plumb Antarctica’. Falkland Islands Dependencies Surveys 1946. Telegrams from the Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, London to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Pretoria (also sent to the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) regarding reconsiderations of general British Commonwealth territorial claims in Antarctica. Letter from Manuel Bianchi (Chilean Ambassador in London) to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs regarding the claims of the Chilean Government to certain sectors of the Falkland Islands Dependencies. Press and Radio Release regarding a U.S. Naval Task Force to Leave for Antarctica Early in December, 1946. Telegram from Secretary of State Dominion Affairs reporting latest developments of Antarctic questions. Minutes of the 1st meeting of the Polar Committee, 16th December 1849. Annexures include activities in the Canadian North during 1949, multiple reports on Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (1949-51), a one page report from the Australian party on Heard Island regarding an active volcanic eruption, report on Soviet Interest in the Antarctic. Minutes of the Antarctic Place-Names Committee, 2 November 1950. Document on Chilean Claims to British Territory in the Antarctic: Note to the Chilean Government.

Notes. Map of Bases in the Falkland Island Dependencies, 1949.