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Activities on the King George Island group, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

R. K. Headland  and
P. L. Keage
R. K. Headland
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER.
P. L. Keage
Affiliation:
Antarctic Division, Department of Science, Channel Highway, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia, 7150.
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Abstract

King George Island and Nelson Island, close together in the central South Shetland Islands, were discovered early in the 19th century and often visited by whalers and sealers. Whalers also used their harbours early in the present century. The first permanent station was established in 1947 by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey. Currently they are the site of scientific stations and depots operated by eight Antarctic Treaty nations (Argentina, Brazil, Britain, Chile, Peoples' Republic of China, Poland, USSR and Uruguay), all of which make use of their accessible harbours and relatively long summer season.

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Polar Record , Volume 22 , Issue 140 , May 1985 , pp. 475 - 484
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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