861365
- TitleArthur Scholes, Australian Antarctic expedition to Heard Island, 1947-1949
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1947-1949 - Type of material
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- Physical Description30 photographic prints
45 slides
2 film reels - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
William Arthur Scholes and 13 other men manned the first Antarctic weather station at Heard Island, 2500 miles south-west of Perth from 1947-1949. He was also a member of Discovery II expedition to Shackleton Ice Shelf in 1950-1951. He went to the UK and lectured to the Royal Geographical Society and Scott Polar Research Institute and became a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in 1951.
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Notes with photographs - Scope and ContentSERIES 01
Arthur Scholes, photographs of the Australian Antarctic expedition to Heard Island, 1947-1949
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Arthur Scholes, slides of the Australian Antarctic expedition to Heard Island, 1947-1949
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Antarctic adventure 1948 (Australian diary no. 15) ; Antarctica 1947-1948 [motion pictures] - Published InformationFourteen men : story of the Australian Antarctic expedition to Heard Island / by Arthur Scholes.
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