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Record #4667:

Correspondence relating to Commander Cheyne's scheme of a North Pole expedition / Royal Geographical Society.

Title: Correspondence relating to Commander Cheyne's scheme of a North Pole expedition / Royal Geographical Society.
Author (corporate): Royal Geographical Society.
Date: 1880.
In: Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. (1880.), New series 2(12) (1880)
Abstract: Central Arctic Committee of RGS not prepared to support Cheyne's proposed expedition, which involved use of balloons "for observation purposes". Expedition never took place.
Notes:

Royal Geographical Society. Proceedings. New series 2(12) :759-760 (1880).

Keywords: 629.733 -- Balloons and airships.
92 -- Biographies: Cheyne, John Powles.
91(091) -- Exploration, history.
W -- Expeditions and exploration.
(*3) -- Arctic regions.
(*301) -- North Pole.
SPRI record no.: 4667

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