EXPEDITIONS TO ANTARCTICA

OVERCROWDED ISLAND

rrom Our Diplomatic lOITC\pondcut The Governor ol •he Fall.land hlamls lind their Oepcndcncic.;, :'.1 r. ti. ~lilcs

< hffor.I, has lefl Cln a ro1 une 1our C1f

,\n1.ir.:11c b;,~c~ m 1hc F1tzro)", u MlO·ton sic.tmcr bdongmg 10 1hc l-alldanJ hl.11111' l>cpcndenc1c' Su"c). II '' likely lhJl in 1hc course of ht' tour he \\111 'i 11 1he

~outhcrnmost ba:.c m (,r.iham Land, Da~c

"E" on Stomnglt)n l'laml, in \1argucntc B.iy. In thi' ~11se he \\ill no doub1 ha\C to mal:c the I.tier ~13£C~ of 1hc trip in the I repas~>. the \\ooJcn i.c,sel of 300 tons acqu1rcJ b~ 1hc Suri.c) from ~C\\ found·

I.ind rn 194S. since 1hc Fil£rO) \\Ould not be capable of going ~o far ~ou1h al thi~

lime of year.

In , !urge of the h.lsc on S1omng1on hland

i> Major Rruet-Butlc:r, and II \\ai. ~c thal

the 111C1den1 oc.-urrcd, referred 10 recent!) h>

our \\ 1ub1ng1on C<>1rcsr<1ndcnt "hen C<tm·

m:indcr I ann Ronne, \\hose opcd11ion 1~ abo on the island. boi•tcd the Amcm:an llaa.

\ R \IOl O DU\11'

Thas opcdmon. "lu\:h landed t"o wc-eb ngo, ti ll pr1mtc one, although the 51\ap an "hl\!h 11 sailed. the Spmt or ~umont, is n na•11I

\G~I spc:ciallv rck:lscd on the authcnt) or Collj;~•. 'lhc panv mdudcs 22 KICl1lt t•, mMtl) college CfildU3to. and t"o .. omen, the

.. ,re or the CApcd1tJ0n's lt"3dcr and a cro;- J>llmon, ,. ho nrc the fi~l or 1hcu SC\ to tal..c

(l;lrt jn nn c~pcdmon of lb" Lind ~o que:m on ol tL"lTllOnal clrum.~ is im oh cd 111 the arnVJJI or 1his p;trty, as the "Ute Dcp3R·

mcnt offic1:illy stated last T rtd3)'• but there arc grn•-e d1Q1Cultics o•cr wxommodauon

11 "ill be r<'Cilllcd that bcrore the la•I ,.ar l r I JOColn I ll"'onh claimed 430.000 ~uarc mlla or Antinctaca for the L nncd Stnto. but hi' Go•cmmcn1 has mainuuncd lhc vac".

rntmucd by Mr. Acheson lasl Oc.:anbcr. th~t.

\\bile It r~"~ the ngh: to conicst the claim•

of others, n bas nc.-.cr formall) a~rted .iny datm" of It• cmn in Antarc11i;u

the rmu:tical diOkulu~ in'<Cp:irublc (rom the mamtmani;c of l\\o parl1c:s on an 1sl:lnd 2,000 )1Ud\ lcmi: over the Anuu-:dc sunun~r aml winter ha•c i:nm nsc h> rcpc:ucc.l m1'gh1.n11' and warning~ •In 1hc llriti-h side. l he ll111tcd SUft-.; G,ncanment \\,\\ informed of the prc:$CllCC of \iDJM Rruce-liutlcr'$ flll!l)' In September of l11st year. und in 1'<''cmhcr the d10lcul110 ••f n••ommodaling the Amcru:an part> \\ere pointed out. .

lcan .. htle the Chi!l.'an c\pcd1t1011, crulsm11 In the rn;:atc fqutque ond the trnno;porl Ang:imos, m:idc a landins: on 1h1> island 11nd

1i olki,,:d to have taken storo left there by the: lfnltcd States 19}9-1941 ()<pcd1tion, ol

"hach C'.ommanda I .nn Ronne"·" a mcmhcr 11 •~ 11n un .. nm:n bw chat Ant.in:ll• c:.:pcda·

1ion, are aUO'locd lo use c:ich othc ⁵ dumf"' m need bu1 11 Is n<'lt felt th t the Cbalc:m uctton -. " cm-crcd b"W \bt~ cu~tom M .Jtor Bruce-

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c. :wy be done t er ... on.:.1 ri... ins t '1 t tnc ri t 'ul ov .r i i ,nt.r c...x 1· ·isc.d ov r the i 1 r. d .... hi co ^.1. lotua by t 1 t o. c..s 0 •• io1 ^{'l f} luv. u .t.rru tu:., cl i ud.

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ovur • . ·"• .lic1 J"'i v ·t thcPrit~ ovar

· to • ··._:<... ir. i t.11.. nt re ir., to .1.ch oc..:u~-..tion' goor Jr ro .. d.I it •. th .... "'"·tor ... tc.ndin;; t:i.o '\).1 ricun

continont, rov~o<; tt •ith E. .,uat cl in, ro osv .hotiuvur ir.tvrn tion 1 political circurnst nceu or1.t to convcno an

intern tion J. conf' .rence

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st. ^1tEJ. inturc:.. oc'I in the ,\nt·1rctic

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tich 001.1ld 4; 1.. ... c.;c in ... ucnos Ai1·u. · r.u .1lloso pr-11.10 objet;t would

1... to d~ rrn1ns ~ m ~uridical-political ~t1tus of th~t region,

accepted by l l tl1 ... Stutes". I 1 i l otc.

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1.n:tstr. of ^{. , l '-t / .}

~oral r. f irs nd orshi .r. ^{Jilll "'} uor,

I '1 Vfi t io .or.owl' to ·1cknmllcd " rucoi t oi' You!' Jx:cc ... ¹⁰¹ ".l'· Note;., lo .... 2 nd ^..J of t

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o. _, Your ::xcclloncy ill rnont ·on ... · hu r'-'1' .r1,,r.tit.l ri 1ts, and

u cribwu l1,, ~ lkl nd Islana t" t L c our ::::xcc.lloncy

rOV .. rn on t l n ⁸ our .::xcol L;

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\.ii,h ta. · l r .tosition 0.1. thu r .... r'i1u ^,l, to both ucstions.

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not col d ac:i

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(2) 'l'ho on uhieh His ri._o, nic Ii, c. g's

Govc.l"'nmont us it. ri t.ts over tho .ttnt. irctic c.c c..r \ 11.c'l it cl Ls, i..rv .ot • ¹ i.u. ^1y t is Govc.rlTnunt, .1ncv t ... ncx tion

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mhc. rlI' t.l 1,rc; IJOVC.rr.mon l'~itvr t.., to tlu .Ef.,"b GSY in ol' 11th St.; tunb r. 1.AO t \J .. it dlu not e;ro 11· GO

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Annexe! ts , co Jot a dau. tch frrn _Hts

1·o~eot

's /\ltlh ₆...,ador. uonos Aires a ted tho 3rd l ·ch,

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trorim ittin e co J o • .'

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letter fl·a t o

A~·gont1ne i'in1~t 1 ^,y

of For.i•r. Af ... irs o t'tc 6\.lJJect of

U~1ted

- - - Kini;dorn an1 .i-..r ontino c1.tvitics in t1c Antarct1c.

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Dominions Office. 29th • urch, 1947.

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•r ... r,ovurnr.1 r.t on his l ir.t, 1nilu 1,,hC

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' 'ml ::ioay u ... o.... dr1..s .ind tl.1.. i..r₀ vr tine.. Gov1..rni~1..nt

on th1.. Gub 1c..ct of ^{t ....} rri tori ,1 cJ.J.in, in th~ J1.nt.lrct1.c. 1ut

~A rr..vi1... d s ~o~~il1..a by thw Infonn tion S ... rvic1.. r

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or!C, ar.oth r - t:-a tn ~no

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of

rtnchorca in he. , ay ^q s th r:halcr ¹¹.uon $$ muel", \''i th o er€.. of five..

'h '-Mn a •• os" s v.:.si tod b th.rCI(;. office 'S of tht..

J..r...,.entine nAvy. ^r h .. y Hseureu th.. ni.1. an thflt the Chilean fl g 1ould r mRin thGr ^UAr~ed bJ th Argentine detachment.

It is r ported tha~ th g rrl.on i l l consist of six m n.

':'ht ^{11._ fl} nio , ·. ur::it re.' nJ ' .. in ' r flched uc.nos Air s on 2 r hp~ 1, 1 41. Amon th multitudes on

thC u CS hun;re S ~ u•hcol Chilir r. CArr in JI'g~ntine fags w lcomcd th ships on Arr1vfll. lorfll tribut ., ere pr sented.

n larciR IDA e P Sp~( Ch in front Cf his men . to Jovwrnnt.n-1 Hou.:;.. sccr+oa ^by bnncls, ... hrough the str1.. ... !"£. nunt; with h .. mdrua of i'lngs. At

ov rnmer.t c~sc ?rw ident P(,r n '(.lcomc. 1 ~hem ano thon

a

rt.w"Cd tn er· 1d ::.n front of Gc•r rnr nt rou .. e sqyin~: ¹¹Tht- Ar (ntiniN1 n •V t · n, one 11gA r. "h"' +hey c·~n do in

dt:f c of out• r· i nt .

~his WfS th st.v nt~ Ar~cntin ex edition to the Antarctic

made sc.Ye Ar gen tin

sine.: .... ·903. . •. mrin1.1 its i;>rogrcss Com .nJei- Gflrcia

~l n~ d ^"l~rn ions 8Sst.rtin th ^ov~re1 nty of ln th ^.tt tn1·cti . ·

n

• ont ev i 1eo ; S nor Atil r the.t Arg nt 'n1..

nation~l ccn"t.

Antflrct 1.c, ^{t •.} C'ra ·

eovcr~i nt:,.

..JnitoJ .1'rt;s r ported f'ro:r.

xt "nAl R lat1ons, h in ~rm d them th callin of an intec-

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r S~LCtlVL z~r.es 0

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i 1 En tr. 't'RtR ;ni

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pril, 1~47 - .... f1,r.tic, in tht;

instAlled in

h 11 s tc.l o"" ion of tn s con li ,ht · ^j ar.ncunceu by the ... nls+- • c A"l.f·"" , n tb . arl"h ⁱ I - ";... lighthousA instAll u by 1(JM (,,..., cf tn ~re\• of th Ar ~r ine tr r.spcrt

"PotA onifl coli1 t.ncvc.t to f1..ncticr. yr stt.r, ;; At .t>ur.tA

,y,

(sic) :;)outner 1~J.flr101 ^{l r X.} 6. uei:,re.S J . lA~it.lu ,

''In thin 11Anr.er th- "i ntific lF.1.)0Ur tint1·usted to

th brge~tinc

ex

eaition

at pr s nt

in thos.

rtgions

bet

in to

t&~e de init shGpc An~ cthf · constructions ill 8hortly be cvmplc.' ~a. Ei..1ch RS the r strcnornic.: o~se .. VEltur.;, etc. Rll of' whi.;h r prc.s r.t ^A ri , of s;~t:i which s~ •. elcquently of the ecti vi t · iis V:i ·ed Ly our cour.tr in the Ant Arctic to the

cnefit of scHnc ·ml o:t v1t;ich l: nation "l'ill be. abl tc ta e fl vEln+-ag . ¹

In ¹¹ ~ ^... ,¹~ o .. ()th A.ril, 1947, ~Pe. red th ollo ing -

11 .. ort . 'chi'?:', •t1orr tn r.r ~ n""ini n ^8" c-::>ns tr1.1cting the

.oat i tPr.t a <..x ensiv .... os in the Antarctic."

11 "-f'>r th nri.: tinians arriveJ t lch ~or. \?here tlwy cho e a • i for ·neir ..-."'~Ftrctic b , the f st ('Jhilei:in) frit.Ate Iq..ii~,.. ¹¹ [JflS d

tr

^{t w ,,. t t , sa ~or"'} in C'rder tc ttsti~y t~ th 1r pos & t throJ h th~ l·~J , fnstened a tr1- c.:ilo Jr fla on .. point o .. ' ^{}fr:l f'} !slnn'1. 'h'"n the Arg~ntini- ans arrived A. thl islEln~ a~o o~ i ed to r ct their house.

th1;1r. they rc..::ipec

u

^t.ht hile·H. flAg a1.d limited thr..n.sc.lve .. to t;Jlacinb beeidti i t th<. Jolr er· in~ l !$· '.:'he tv·c flags

symboliz~ ovtr th ter el ic"- an lliAnc thAt Jromises better ays in the .1-1ntF1rctic squa.Jl"le."

El r. "'ci..rio of •A~ A.ril • ,,l~I, adue-...- ¹¹'.:'.'nc base lhich th~. r entini~~s ar c~n.tructinb, also en Chilean

territory, 1. .h.ir ts:i GAlow, t Al ws J:'oint) 01 ..,.am~ Island, in the

r

lchior Arch:~t. lago, is vi;;ritabl t:'' lac tht construc- tion of which i :r. cnArge of an ~chitect- he is directinG

rgerit ini. n r c :riyt>r . "he rgt#nt ir.ian hav t: in the rhile n s -:t.1r in .... lchior, fot.r c1vilier •.. 11

b •. e r. An

,r --'1ipolfl o ~ i ⁱ ;:Jal l <'\,

r Ant Isl11r.·

hich lies

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a • a;>c ... ed in 1s~ A~r1l, 1 47).

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. s r ctod th

The

o~ ^{j •} 0 l point 0 Jq

Chll(.'fln f a t- inted ou • ood, an 1..t o IqJiqtle a m~ !n e r . ^An l t. .'"iir • 1 ~

ro • b th frigfltC.

nbout ~o metres Aw~y,

W•S bui~t ~n r •r int ese.

•C.JT' ... el to'it...rs hev c n r ct o fC'"" t"lc wi:rt:lcs

"h h•u , •"' ir on pi '"'t.: ru r · ·• ~ n:l l"ns fit:ed with

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Some. r:tn~·s

Ushuain,

and surre

th' {tr ex c. it

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th hir H rald

ue s in ~h t thl t\ o ltlor., th Jrature i.fh· !"Hivi or

4t

'.ll.tl ., in open pRc icEJ blo to nt r the i~. 11 Sefi it bein C04plete b i ·L. (n the~r r tl...rn J..rom the .MntM·ctic.

, l;; weh.; tv cAll fit , • ur 'ney I~ll ·nds.

ril, 1947,

":,fl

Hera", r por•tin fl pres;;;

- " n 7tn !.fl ·ch, rh n thP ':hile •n ''Angemor ^t l re. tt r~ \''<iE a ill ^E uAr.ti ty of .. he fl eating

J..Cn ~ ~r vPntea the ~rg 1tinc p~trcl'ves3els

1r.¹¹ 'f'ro Anchorir1b ttei· a fe· days befcre".

n i

'9 1, th.

ion Islal".r ~n1

~c , the tar. .. er

U""Fl t ..tr ' "h(.

tr 1n ... o

0

n a~os Pnchored in met there the transports

c .... rra And the 1-..n pE·~l'Ol s~al .fraternal visits

"he leader ^o~ the

~u nos .Ai.·e . I t

"uecrp icn Island nilcAn Navy, was also

1 , the ~E to onii. VIHS r ports~ to c .:.vii. sut:i ~hs fro. hf.;r t\ ~

tenders .

.noJn~en that she ras returnin to

· ct ion r por ^{t~d 11 1/e} hip. re n vi ,atin, in the tt t o~ o- ~hem has

hip~ ar th ^tr~nspcrt

ri l ~ al r. Th fore- nich PXiGt~ in disputin

fo,.. n to tr ^{P •• 11} . in"''' r "Cd

, 7. snid .rC't 1 la o th_y t 14"tti Argent ... n

"ip ^•II

.l..cc, r ,"lr•e'J en 'Hh April, hil r xpedition fr~ternised

~n v UF 1 ni~h composed tn6

t1 ex euit1or. s nt .r OW' ne1 h-

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u lisho"l frori

tn h!lc the

s ^A p ly h l p s h 1=1 c ' n in · s ⁺ r .... _flt uec lt:~n ~1nr., :r~ t ~ ~ort

....c n ^> mu e 1¹¹ c on t in u e u a a • · s ct or i. l hfl::!.Cr r corr ^~lo nc ^f1. ex~lC'"'at ·on c. Jr t ..i ... .,~ A jflcent

islanr.i . en t ^{OA · '} th oni .. r o oun .int;;s,

ti i::oll •t .. cn c .• r:ne s nr,le ^{1r.1 +1r} m .in of nyl'.ir.., rai:ihic

s~.:vey wt • it: ir ..:E<rr:.i.ed ,,,..it, m ... l t th ¹ n left on hore

C-fil' ·iP.o C'.1t tr,, il' . 0r::.. o 1fl .in n "'tic ¹¹

·r.

rt.;. or eve•

they wer· ^f th~1'in c;vvry kinu f .. 011. ~le ^{1ent r} t.1formrition o~

C liffi[l tic tl' tP r .. lop;i<.: 1 Rnc.< 111.f,"' 10 lCfll '0l1Ui tiOnS Of the rel ion. ...aKin advar.:!.R o th ~

vs

o o v1rath r the flir crs1. o th _pt e::,uni bl na t. n1.1meroL.s ~11 hto to exi.)lci·e GI'flh m Lan in detEiil .ro. th" il', t kin lhotcbrfl~ns ot gr·eat 1.nt r st.

H l~o c ^A E.C1 th t on ^{1 tn} r .. w ~ • the ¹<'hac'"'i:

left ~ec~ tion !sl n bnW1u • r LH...r... Iulanu 1n the Souto or:-;..'1eys . th r lie .. · r. :l l:'rov i ion .... r .h... .rb n~ in .1 teoro-

lu i" l tfl~_on instfi le ... tr.w!" ' h~ ·t on s~tJrd y 2nt..l e r .. ar.,· ~ J4 ', c 1-br teJ tl".l! ⁱ th n r. ·er ... ry 0f it

estfl lishrncnt.

..r"

^1.-' r" ru. l culJ r ,fl.in "°vr a yE.a" ^At th ... s Sta ion, th ⁰01.l e .unost ...,tfltlOn 1 tt.e 'Orlo.

h

gnlc r in , s J pl?ns ion

r

e '1& o .. ^1;;

r i~ ar:i:i s .c t I'O..J. "h tht

a •vurablc, A trong

~ pelled th lAcJ.erG". h t. t-r;.t ..Je l'Or k f'wJ h = 1 tt- o th

excellent.

ln ?1 ·'•Ta~ c.:.cn' publ~shed

the Chi!.cfln x e tti..on

h~ ~ti~ ev~e iti~n

to

in thJ e Jtc ·n p1•t o

thr.t h..: .. r w i.n .rJt'lrci.1<.:

01 n~e fl+ ion rfll°' ^'l L n 1, tion ano ~cri l t, o r ~h~~~l ~

subma .. •inc EO;Jn ins ^{q . ,.} ht. llttl on boora "hen v ::!. tr ' l t 1

fligr ts ~ve

r

^~r c... r n . L<ir u

"not p ·evlousl.1 r • ~· •t>.J.. n ing 6 .oothl ··fln... ut

hmt.ver, een t~ 1

Th l se _{tJ r "'} 1' •t->"H in m

.'.lAtfl ol ected b t ^I rOllJS.

en ^·AB

s trc

tne

h ClX tlon s ht tl.J A

+anl er n ^{+ ( I} IJl.

J

b ·. inistro ^:z~ curra

i ^"fj fr ^I t t

th ⁿ no th

r he~ oln ts

tt. t ^{no the}

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tr

. th jr Ar, ith ,, 1'

r

h ~r • ltine Ve ls ''Ch co''

,

'

_{ec ent~ 1c etu~1e , p rticula•l} ^2. ffiAteor~l~ ic 1 n _J 0 ~e i~ 0 ,, 1c 1 '

ier c<"n 1 ere •• ¹

ion , S nc r , ufln ccnv'ctinn thRt 11 retie coul r~ 0lve the t ens or in ccnc rt ir. An tts actio~ o 11 c~nce"'ned.

':'he s ct or to · hi •h Ar cntinf spir o o h v rignt is thjt i cluaed ^ht:~~ longitud de r s E end ^longitJ~s

? degree 34' cf G~·eenwich. ~h lElt .. er limit corresvonde to tn meri1ion which At preecit divide. ~ierrA dol Fuego intn

Ghilean on,

Ar

en tin territory .

^~his

aection includes the

"se"'i s of islan 1 n archii:>eler,Ns of GrAhon I.i;nd · hich

cons~itut tn~ portion of the ^so~tre ·n cortinent neArest to 11rgentin in hich fire; the l:.)rolong ti0 01 i' tagonia. ¹

'.L he ext a it ~C'n r1 s un er th commAn vspt in L\.<.i .rt rcic, ftnO tht PritA onio" \''

o .rri Ate com .·mded by

Corvette ~t in L n ... o &10 erti.

Chil n

ti mounced pC'licy of the t\¹0 --ountries 811 affairs rel ting to the antarctic, on bcaro two C..hilean n:w 1 cfi icials.

c.

ost , ard hrmy aptain Odilon rJ • ogr phlc~l Institute. In r turn the carried thre1:. ,,.rgentine of 1c111ls.

V ^'J lit t h hEi ecn r:;ublishea re r Jin th mcve- ments 0f the cx~edi icn, bJt t ~ ollc in h v A~t~ared in

the prf' s·-

Tho ¹¹S11nta Cru~" ·-;a the irst to leavti, leaving uenos Air s earl;i, in the

r·e·.

Yt;flr.

'.rho "l:'Rt gnniE ' ltift rnenoa Air s en 4th Janur1ry,

1947, and c rl"ied Em Arc;entine mis ioh chArged \1th tho task of installing a et ornlo icql observ~~or in the Antarctic. It was to be follC'\ted hortly ^fl ft r11 rJ~ by th ^{ti 1} t. co^11, the tan er •· ini tr">

r.:

c urrl , i:inJ · btiling ve s l. A smAll Am hibious r-:>t>l ne · s cr:irr ^d by th ^{ti tfl} onia '·

•.' t ship

u .nuar , th

her

tr nsport '' hE-<co left st cf th .. nur shit>S •hi ch

to the nt retie nd ^c~rriEd on o ... tin,, tho meteorologici 1 So...1 h r :n ys ho hao remfli.ned

h ~ to join th

t. n t o u ili ry

r l

nnc..mced the

0 ttlCJ

cJ 0.Jt S UCCt:.SS-

On 31st no, from

On

,

r • .L •· ^; ' C" ' , 1J47.

Cn 8nd J 1U r· 1 ~7, the .,Y'uC• ti j{, .Lnlstt•y of arinc (.1 mi ·n:ty) '3. •• 1ounce that the nov 1 tra ~rt

11Patal or.1 ' •oul .L.env for the h1tarct1c on :ith utmuary) 19'7. :he ae urture: of the ve .el -oul g t the cor~ence­ r P .t of a .. 11 ·obr" ,e 01 re. .ear ch, ·hich ·oul be carri<;d out o.uri

't

lJ' 7, a c.11 a. ^i. cxtc .. siorj of the aovanceu.

rnetcor·olot:,1cal nests of Ar1..£>1,ttna.

The 1·incipal object C'f tne ' ot:lt..Onia' ^f'" voyage w s to e.Jtnbl.L.:h o rr.eteorolot,,icnl station in the J\ntarctic,

in aa i .. 0n tc the st-:ition at L 1uri Is lane in the. South Orlmeys, "hich has be n fu.1ctio. in5 for ht.. P'Jf t 4. ye rs. Th ,t; • t1 ion w ir.tende' to be n ~or.plcmc.1t rJ obce.vatcry

to th t 1 . h<.; South C..rk.1ey .

'.i'her is l. o a L(. t oro::.o 1c 11 . t.·1 Uou at '1crro de 1 ./uct.Jo, a.1c. th~ •• C'unce c:.nt a .. der1 thot the: ''.ianto ~ruz¹¹ uoul(J lGavc 1cr ie ·r del .t-'m,~o i th co jrtructio.1al r"l"!te i- alo acid r1 p•r 1 t . to inprov c.xis iHt:. i o oll<it10 is.

ith the .. .,,1 .... 1cut of t.hc nis·1 st'l ior•

l. .s .Lla o 1r i , '"le ·ra . ' ·hi.. • t or of . l'~C .t1ni..

dc.l .L'Uet. o is

.c. t o ro lo t51- i o 1 obtained hl . navlgotini,

\ . cic. 1t.:. .. ic n.sc io .. . , t.:.on to m~c. et orclo ical an a stur ...

v

of tile. ~hlit 1al lOUIH oi

.ou tlu:,,.n t rt·i tory.

'1'hr. i lf

. t

o tr .v l ,. i h th cxpc.o.i- c.o loLic'll il1Vt,;St1b tio11s and hi.. nc.iwhbour-1'1 ^{wa te •} of the

o!"fi cia !. l:v u .now1r·e< th 1 t ' 'i voY<lLe of exploI' t1on or.t rc.co.H.als anc " h, bcc.u o \ .. i'lised ''in order to safe ur;,,z·d the r.:.c:.ht~ of our r.ou.l try o •e thl ~one".

, r6c;.1tinE. r i . ;hi le Ku: "a.6t'. i lr. a p tc ^•11. l u.y tnci

t•l._,hts of juri ir.tio.1.¹¹

c ... n be. ..:t

i<-r to the de

••

Of ice.

!'\r ^e i a.en t !J".

~re

bein -::

~e i ti . tE;

• r ... tl .E. Flint :.nr. i

ca

I , tt(.l' i t

ocu- ....

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