The seals of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies
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 […]
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Embryology of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
Read more of: Embryology of the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)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 […]
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Fire precautions at Antarctic Stations
Read more of: Fire precautions at Antarctic StationsIn 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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The elephant seal industry at South Georgia
Read more of: The elephant seal industry at South GeorgiaSouth 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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Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50
Read more of: Sledge dogs of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1947–50The 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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Breeding behaviour of the emperor penguin
Read more of: Breeding behaviour of the emperor penguinMan 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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A new method of age determination for mammals
Read more of: A new method of age determination for mammalsFor 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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Seal-marking methods
Read more of: Seal-marking methodsFor 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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Sledging rations of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50
Read more of: Sledging rations of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50During 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 […]