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1. Fire precautions at Antarctic Stations

   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’ […]

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2. The elephant seal industry at South Georgia

   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. […]

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3. Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50

   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, […]

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4. Breeding behaviour of the emperor penguin

   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 […]

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5. Kelp geese and flightless steamer duck from the Falkland Islands for the Severn Wildfowl Trust

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6. Preliminary note on bird ringing by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey, 1945-51

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7. A new method of age determination for mammals

   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, […]

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8. The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 1948-1950

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9. Seal-marking methods

   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 […]

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10. Sledging rations of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50

    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 […]

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11. Two years in the Antarctic. Part II

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12. Two years in the Antarctic. Part I

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