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Record #197030:
The meridional transit beacons: a Shackleton legacy on South Georgia / Robert Burton.
Title: | The meridional transit beacons: a Shackleton legacy on South Georgia / Robert Burton. |
Author(s): | Burton, Robert. |
Date: | 2011. |
In: | Polar Record. (2011.), Vol. 47(243) (2011) |
Abstract: | Describes construction and history of meridian transit beacons erected by members of Shackleton's 1914-17 Endurance expedition at King Edward Cove, while expedition was in South Georgia in November and December 1914. |
Notes: | Polar Record. Vol. 47(243) :374-377 (2011). |
Keywords: | 91(08) -- Expeditions: 1914-17 Shackleton. 527 -- Navigation. 527.62 -- Navigation, determination of position. V -- History. (*7) -- Antarctic regions. (*723) -- South Georgia and Shag Rocks. |
SPRI record no.: | 197030 |
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