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Record #12376:

British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913: Report on the maps and surveys / Frank Debenham.

Title: British (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913: Report on the maps and surveys / Frank Debenham.
Author(s): Debenham, Frank.
Date: 1923.
Publisher: London: Committee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund
Abstract: Provides details of surveying instruments used by Scott's 1910-13 Terra Nova expedition, and summarises method used for determining geographical position of headquarters at Cape Evans. Describes survey work at Cape Evans and around McMurdo Sound, and surveying activities on southern sledge journey. Includes detailed description of each map: South Polar regions; Ross Sea region of the Antarctic; The Great Ice Barrier and King Edward Land, Cape Cro\zier to Cape Colbeck, with inset showing junction of Barrier with Ross Island; map to illustrate Pole journey, with inset map of Beardmore Glacier; McMurdo Sound region, Ross Sea; Ross Island, west coast, with inset of summit of Erebus Dec. 1912; Granite Harbour; Ferrar-Koettlitz district, McMurdo Sound; Cape Evans (winter quarters); Cape Royds district, Ross Island; Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island; Erebus Bay, Ross Island; composite sheet showing Inner Harbour, Cuff Cape and Devin's Punchbowl, Granite Harbour with panorama sketch of clacier tongue from point 1,600 on Discovery Bluff; Robertson Bay and Cape Adare, with inset of Ridley Beach, Cape Adare; and Terra Nova Bay.
Keywords: 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1910-13 Scott.
528 -- Geodesy.
528.5 -- Surveying, instruments and equipment.
551.321 -- Glaciological methods and instruments.
A -- Geophysical sciences (general).
(*7) -- Antarctic regions.
(*76) -- Ross Dependency.
(*762) -- Victoria Land.
(*764) -- Ross Island.
Location(s): SCO: SPRI-SHF: (*7) : 91(08)[1910-13 Scott][1]
SCO: SPRI-SPC: Folio (*7) : 91(08)[1910-13 Scott]
SPRI record no.: 12376

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100 1# ‡aDebenham, Frank.
245 10 ‡aBritish (Terra Nova) Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913 :‡bReport on the maps and surveys /‡cFrank Debenham.
260 ## ‡aLondon :‡bCommittee of the Captain Scott Antarctic Fund,‡c1923.
300 ## ‡aviii, 94 p., [2] leaves of plates, [15] folded maps (in end pocket) :‡bill., diags., tables, maps ;‡c32 cm.
490 0# ‡a[British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition 1910-13 : Reports]
520 3# ‡aProvides details of surveying instruments used by Scott's 1910-13 Terra Nova expedition, and summarises method used for determining geographical position of headquarters at Cape Evans. Describes survey work at Cape Evans and around McMurdo Sound, and surveying activities on southern sledge journey. Includes detailed description of each map: South Polar regions; Ross Sea region of the Antarctic; The Great Ice Barrier and King Edward Land, Cape Cro\zier to Cape Colbeck, with inset showing junction of Barrier with Ross Island; map to illustrate Pole journey, with inset map of Beardmore Glacier; McMurdo Sound region, Ross Sea; Ross Island, west coast, with inset of summit of Erebus Dec. 1912; Granite Harbour; Ferrar-Koettlitz district, McMurdo Sound; Cape Evans (winter quarters); Cape Royds district, Ross Island; Hut Point Peninsula, Ross Island; Erebus Bay, Ross Island; composite sheet showing Inner Harbour, Cuff Cape and Devin's Punchbowl, Granite Harbour with panorama sketch of clacier tongue from point 1,600 on Discovery Bluff; Robertson Bay and Cape Adare, with inset of Ridley Beach, Cape Adare; and Terra Nova Bay.
561 1# ‡aCopy B was given by Debenham to "Frances" Drake, his Personal Assistant at Scott Polar Research Institute in 1930s, and donated to the SPRI Library by her son, Peter Hayes.‡5UkCU-P
583 0# ‡3copy A (spine) ‡acondition reviewed ‡c20150101 ‡ldamaged ‡2pda ‡5UkCU-P ‡zslight
583 0# ‡3copy A (maps) ‡acondition reviewed ‡c20150101 ‡ldamaged ‡2pda ‡5UkCU-P ‡zphysical, significant
650 07 ‡a91(08) -- Expeditions: 1910-13 Scott.‡2udc
650 07 ‡a528 -- Geodesy.‡2udc
650 07 ‡a528.5 -- Surveying, instruments and equipment.‡2udc
650 07 ‡a551.321 -- Glaciological methods and instruments.‡2udc
650 07 ‡aA -- Geophysical sciences (general).‡2local
651 #7 ‡a(*7) -- Antarctic regions.‡2udc
651 #7 ‡a(*76) -- Ross Dependency.‡2udc
651 #7 ‡a(*762) -- Victoria Land.‡2udc
651 #7 ‡a(*764) -- Ross Island.‡2udc
852 7# ‡2camdept‡bSCO‡cSPRI-SHF‡h(*7) : 91(08)[1910-13 Scott][1]‡zSPRI has two copies‡9Create 1 item record‡0Migrate
852 7# ‡2camdept‡bSCO‡cSPRI-SPC‡hFolio (*7) : 91(08)[1910-13 Scott]‡zSPRI has two copies‡9Create 1 item record‡0Migrate
876 ## ‡zSet of maps in Copy A is incomplete. Copy B held in Special Collection. ‡zMaps from Copy A held in Map Collection, Drawer 12H Det 1A.
916 ## ‡aX0002/1 (A) -- HS; 150718 (B) -- 2015/06/08 (B) -- HS
917 ## ‡aUnenhanced record from Muscat, imported 2019
948 3# ‡a20240328 ‡bHS