Faunal remains on the Ross Ice Shelf in McMurdo Sound
In February 1902, members of Scott’s Discovery expedition found the remains of a fish 18 in. long on the surface of the “pinnacled ice” near the ice front of the […]
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Read more of: Faunal remains on the Ross Ice Shelf in McMurdo Sound
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The geology of Antarctica
Read more of: The geology of AntarcticaOver much of Antarctica rock exposures are very limited in extent, occurring mainly as isolated mountain ranges, nunataks, ice‐free fringing coastal areas, and offshore islands, but the geological record is […]
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Recoveries of ringed giant petrels Macronectes giganteus
Read more of: Recoveries of ringed giant petrels Macronectes giganteusThe ringing of Giant Petrels by F.I.D.S. parties in 1957‐58 and 1958‐59 is reviewed and the presence of a newly discovered rookery below the Antarctic Circle noted. A comparative analysis […]
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The compilation of a reconnaissance map of Alexander Island, Antarctica, from trimetrogon air photographs
Read more of: The compilation of a reconnaissance map of Alexander Island, Antarctica, from trimetrogon air photographsFew would deny that the advent of the aerial photograph caused a major revolution in surveying, or that the mapping of large areas at topographical scales,is most profitably done by […]
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Glaciological observations in Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land, Antarctica
Read more of: Glaciological observations in Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land, AntarcticaThis paper is a summary of the more important results of glaciological investigations carried out in Trinity Peninsula, Graham Land during 1958–60, and which will be published at length in […]
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The palaeomagnetism of some igneous rocks from Antarctica
Read more of: The palaeomagnetism of some igneous rocks from AntarcticaA century ago geologists first began to consider the possibility of large lateral shifts of the continents. Reconstructions of the ancient positions of the continents have been proposed at various […]
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Chick feeding in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans Linnæus
Read more of: Chick feeding in the wandering albatross Diomedea exulans LinnæusIt has long been known that the young of the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) do not fly until eight or nine months after hatching, and the problem of how this […]