Antarctic research and expeditions vol. 18

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BTS 102/2(18) 1 folder, 232 pages. Some pages are out of order. Some documents are hard to read. Manuscript notes and documents. The 34th Annual Report on the work of the Scott Polar Research Institute. Summary Record of the 29th Meeting of the Interim Consultative Meeting of Governments Signatories to the Antarctic Treaty, Held Pursuant to the Final Act of the Conference on Antarctica, 14 Mar. 1961. Press Releases by the Australian Department of External Affairs: 6 Apr. 1961, ‘Australian Antarctic Party to Set Up Fuel Dump Near Mawson’. 6 Apr. 1961, A.N.A.R.E. Men Return to Wilkes Base After Trek Into Interior’. 14 Apr. 1961, ‘Dog Sledge Trip to Antarctic Glacier’. 18 May 1961, ‘Australian Activities in Antarctic Held Up By Blizzards’. 27 Jul. 1961, ‘Polar Medal Awards to 34 A.N.A.R.E. Members’. 29 Sep. 1961, Australian Party Plans 360-Mile Antarctic Trek’. 1 Nov. 1961, ‘Australian Antarctic Party Completes 500-Mile Dog Sledge Trip’. 17 Nov. 1961, Australians on the Ice Cap’. 22 Nov. 1961, ‘Australian Antarctic Teams for 1962-3’. 28 Nov. 1961, ‘Antarctic Ship to Leave for Macquarie Island on December 1’. 7 Dec. 1961, ‘Antarctic Weather Station Established By Australian Antarctic Party’. 18 Dec. 1861, ‘Australians Measure Antarctic Ice Cap’. 21 Dec. 1961, ‘Antarctic Ship to leave for Wiles on 22 Dec.’ 21 Dec. 1961, ‘Awards For Nuclear Research in Universities’. 30 Dec. 1961, ‘Antarctic Ship to Leave For Mawson and Davis on 3 Jan.’ 2 Jan. 1962, ‘Antarctic Party Hut-Bound Because of Blizzard’. 4 Jan. 1962, ‘Antarctic Aerial Surveys’. 7 Jan. 1962, ‘Evacuation Of Sick Australian From Antarctica’. 8 Jan. 1962, ‘Antarctic Co-Operation Over Percy Flights’. 9 Jan. 1962, ‘Progress Report on Field Trip By Australian Antarctic parties’. 27 Jan. 1962, ‘Antarctic Bases Relieved’. 27 Jan. 1962, ‘Antarctic Marine Bank’. 31 Jan. 1962, ‘New Coastal Features in Antarctica’. Letters from the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic (21 Mar. 1961) and the U.S. State Department (31 Jul. 1961) extending an invitation for a South African Scientist to act as an observer on their Antarctic Expeditions and replies from the South African Ambassador at Washington D.C. (11 Jul. 1961 and 6 Sep. 1961) stating that South Africa will not be in a position to exchange observers with any other Antarctic Expedition in 1961. Copy of a report of the Activities of the Scott Polar research Institute by W.L.S. Fleming, 12 Jan. 1948. Copy of Act No. 570, 1961, Falkland Islands, The Antarctic Treaty Order in Council. Letter in Afrikaans from the Sekretaris van Vervoer to Die Sekretaris van Buitelandse Sake, 28 Jun. 1961, titled ‘Antarktika: Uitruil van Waarnemers: Argentynse Aanbod’. Report by James Klerck, 5 Jan. 1962, ‘Re: My Participation in the Argentine Summer Antarctica Campaign, 1961’. Letter in Afrikaans from die Sekretaris van Vervoer, date unknown, titled ‘Beseerde Lid van die Russiese Antarktiese Ekspedisie: Ivan Zhidolvkin’. U.S. Antarctic Projects Officer Bulletins, Vol. III, No. 5, Jan. 1962 and Vol. III, No. 8, Apr. 1962. Newspaper clippings from the “Australian Financial Review” (4 May 1961), “The Sydney morning Herald” (28 Feb. 1962), the “Cape Times” (17 Apr. 1962) and an unknown source (19 Apr. 1961).