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Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50
1 January, 1953
The following notes are intended not as a rigid set of rules but as a guide for future antarctic travellers: common sense must be used in their application. Systematic breeding,…Read more on Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50
Embryology of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
1 January, 1953
E. A. Wilson1 wrote in 1907, “The possibility that we have in the Emperor penguin the nearest approach to a primitive form not only of a penguin but of a…Read more on Embryology of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
The elephant seal industry at South Georgia
1 January, 1953
South Georgia, one of the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, lies in the South Atlantic Ocean between lats. 53° 50′ and 55° S. and longs. 35° 50′ and 38°15' W.…The seals of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies
1 January, 1953
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey has established and maintained a number of antarctic bases since 1945. They are located on the Graham Land peninsula, in the South Shetland and South…Read more on The seals of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies
Fire precautions at Antarctic Stations
1 January, 1953
In 1946 the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey station on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands was completely destroyed by fire. Stores, valuable equipment and the records of many months'…The position of the Falkland Islands in a reconstruction of Gondwanaland
1 January, 1952
In previous reconstructions of Gondwanaland the Falkland Islands have been placed in a position intermediate between the Cape Province and Northern Argentina. In the present paper it is suggested on…Read more on The position of the Falkland Islands in a reconstruction of Gondwanaland
Sledging rations of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50
1 January, 1952
During the last two decades the sledging ration used by British antarctic expedition has gradually been standardized and recent minor variations have had little effect on total calorie value. It…Read more on Sledging rations of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50
A new method of age determination for mammals
1 January, 1952
For estimating the age of mammals such widely differing characters as coat colour, size, skull proportions and sutures, ossification, numbers of corpora albicantes, changes in the lens of the eye,…Seal-marking methods
1 January, 1952
For many years, in the course of fisheries investigations, large numbers of fish have been marked by means of numbered metal tags. Other marking methods, such as dyeing, branding and…Breeding behaviour of the emperor penguin
1 January, 1952
Man has very seldom had the opportunity of observing the breeding behaviour of Aptenodytes forsteri, the emperor penguin. Few rookeries have so far been discovered; all are around the coast…The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50
1 January, 1951
Since the description of the activities of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for 1946–47 by Surgeon-Commander E. W. Bingham no general account of the Survey's activities has appeared in the…Read more on The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50
Acclimatization to cold in the Antarctic
1 January, 1949
During a year spent as medical officer to the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the Antarctic at Marguerite Bay, I had the opportunity of making some observations on cold acclimatization…The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1946–47
1 December, 1947
In July 1945, the Secretary of State for the Colonies appointed me leader of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for two years, an appointment which brought a prospect of a…Read more on The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1946–47
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1943–46
1 July, 1946
The Falkland Islands Dependencies are divided into two main groups; the one consisting of South Georgia with its important whaling stations together with the South Orkneys and the South Sandwich…Read more on The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1943–46