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Sledges of the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–1952

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Alan Reece
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Two designs of Nansen-type dog sledge were used by the expedition: a Norwegian design, supplied by A/S Kolbjorn Knutsen and Co. (see Fig. I), and a British design supplied by Airwork General Trading Co. Ltd. After certain modifications and additions, the Norwegian sledge (S.P.R.I. No. 52/11/1) proved much superior to the British sledge.

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Polar Record , Volume 6 , Issue 46 , July 1953 , pp. 775 - 787
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1953

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page 775 note 1 The British firm had between 1945 and 1949 supplied all the dog sledges used by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (S.P.R.I. Nos. 53/6–12). Most of these proved entirely satisfactory and made possible a number of major journeys in Graham Land. In several important respects both the materials used and the design were experimentally altered for the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition.

page 779 note 1 See the Polar Record, Vol. 6, No. 45, 1953, p. 618.