Soviet Antarctic stations. Collection of photos.
- Used
- Condition
- Wear at the edges, tears, loss to the edge of one photo, expeditions stamps on the back side of two photos. Five photos mounted
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Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
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About This Item
N.p., [ca late 1960s?].
56 photos: 8vo (1 photo), 8vo landscape (8 photos), 12mo (2 photos), 12mo landscape (19 photos), 16mo landscape (2 photos), 18mo landscape (1 photo), 32mo (2 photos), 32mo landscape (20 photos), 48mo (1 photo).
This collection includes photos from the 12th (1966-1967) and 13th (1967-1968) Soviet Antarctic Expeditions. During these expeditions a new method was used for measuring the thickness of the ice cap of Antarctica using radar. Furthermore, deposits of coal and iron ore were found. First Soviet station in West Antarctica - Bellingshausen station - was opened on February 1968 on King George Island of the South Shetland Islands.
Photos depicted polar explorer's daily life at Molodyozhnaya and Novolazarevskaya stations: researching and constructing, wildlife nature (glaciers, fracturing of fast ice, Adelie and Chinstrap penguins). There are some photos which were taken during the line crossing ceremony and ship stops at Africa ports.
Most likely, one of the photos depicted Ivan Man, a captain of diesel-powered ship Ob' which participated in the First Soviet Antarctic expedition.
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- Bookseller
- Biblionne (RS)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5869
- Title
- Soviet Antarctic stations. Collection of photos.
- Book Condition
- Used - Wear at the edges, tears, loss to the edge of one photo, expeditions stamps on the back side of two photos. Five photos mounted
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- N.p.
- Date Published
- [ca late 1960s?]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Photography; Antarctic;
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