Letter from Ambassador to Secretary for External Affairs, 3.6.60, entitled “Joint Charter of Vessel for Antarctica: 1960/61”and correspondence regarding.
Letters from die Sekretaris van Buitelandse Sake to die Hoë Kommissaris entitled
“Huur of aankoop van ’n vaartuig vir die aflossing van die Suid-Afrikaanse
Antarktiese ekspedisie”,7.6.60; “Kontrak insake die huur van die Polarhav”, 9.8.60.
Letter from Legation Secretary to Secretary for External Affairs, 7.6.60, entitled
“Possible Purchase or Hire of Vessel for Undertaking Voyages to and from Antarctica” and correspondence regarding.
Letters from Secretary for External Affairs, entitled “Possible Assistance in
Antarctica”, 6.6.60; “Moontlike huur of aankoop van ’n vaartuig vir reise na en van Antarktika”, 16.6.60; “Assistance to the Belgian Expedition in Antarctica”, 1.8.60;
“Antarctica – First Day Covers”, 2.8.60; “Agreement between the Union and Norway in regard to the use of Norway Base in Antarctica: Proposed Moving of Salvageable Equipment to new Buildings”, 8.8.60; “Voorgestelde Gesamentlike Aanskaffing van
’n Ysbreker deur die Verenigde Koninkryk, Australië, Nieu-Seeland en die Unie”, 12.8.60; “Benaming van die Basis wat tans deur die S.A.N.A.E. gebruik word”, 27.8.60; “Suid-Afrikaanse Publikasies oor Antarktika”, 16.9.60; “Projected Construction of a new Ice-Strengthened Vessel”, 30.8.60.
Telegrams regarding the cost of charter of the Polarbjörn or Polarhav, June ’60.
Letters from Acting High Commissioner to Secretary for External Affairs, 20.6.60, entitled “Possible Acquisition of an Icebreaker for Antarctic Research” and various correspondence regarding.
Letters from Minister to Secretary for External Affairs entitled “Charter of Finnish Vessel for Antarctica”, 22.6.60; “Charter of the ‘Polarhav’”, 11.8.60; “Chartering Practice”, 16.11.60; “Request for assistance by Polarhav to Whaler Gos X”, 13.1.61.
Letter from Sekretaris van Vervoer to Sekretaris van Buitelandse Sake, 3.6.60, entitled “Vervoer van Suid-Afrikaanse Ekspedisie na Antarktika”.
Letter from the Department of External Affairs to Japanese Government, marked Not Sent, informing them that a second South African Expedition to Antarctica during the 1960/1 season is being planned, June 1960.
Letters from the Secretary for Transport to Secretary for External Affairs entitled
“Negotiations regarding charter of ‘Polarhav’”, 5.7.60; “Designation of the base presently occupied by the South African National Antarctic Expedition”, 22.8.60;
“Suid-Afrikaanse Nasionale Antarktiese Ekspedisie – Helikopter”, 14.10.60; “Towing of whale catcher Gos by ‘Polarhav’”, 9.1.61.
Copy of document entitled “Terms of agreement between the Government of the Union of South Africa and the Government of Norway concerning the loan to the Union of South Africa of Norway Station situated in the Norwegian dependency Queen Maud Land”. Also copy in Afrikaans.
Letter from Secretary for Transport to High Commissioner, 25.7.60, entitled “charter of ‘Shackleton’ for Islands Relief, 1960” and correspondence regarding.
Document from Departement van Vervoer, 19.8.60, entitled “Vakatures: suid- Afrikaanse Nasionale Antarktiese Ekspedisie: 1960/61”.
Telegrams regarding American Scientific Exploration of Antarctica, August ’60.
Press Releases: “Australians push into interior of Antarctica”, 15.9.60; “1961 Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions: statement by the Minister for External Affairs”, 6.9.60.
Undated document entitled “Antarctica” on the subject of the Antarctic Treaty signed in Washington in 1959.
Letter from the Ambassador entitled “Exchange of Observers: ‘Operation Deepfreeze 1960’”, 22.11.60.
Document entitled “Robert M. O’Hagan”, describing the American Lieutenant to accompany the S.A. Expedition, 18.11.60.
Document from the Japanese Embassy outlining the measures taken by the Japanese Authorities to obtain assistance from other countries for relief of the vessel “Soya”.
Document from Westralian Farmers Transport Ltd entitled “Ice – Vessel for sale: M/S
“Selbarden” Cargo – and Expedition vessel”, January ’61.
Copy of Licence for the use of radio installations at Norway Station, issued to the South African Queen Maud Land Expedition, 25.11.59.
Newspaper clippings:
Die Transvaler, 23.8.60, “Unie stuur Nog ’n Span na Suidpool”.
The Star, 8.9.60, “Scientist died in Antarctic fire”.
The Sun Herald, 14.8.60, “Aust. in Antarctica” Loss of “face” to Reds”.
Die Transvaler, 6.10.60, “Nuwe S.A. span na Suidpool”.
The Guardian, 16.11.60, “Shipping Notes: Chartering for the shipowner”.
Die Transvaler, 20.11.60, “Aflosspan na Suidpool: S.A. se Oë Is Op Julle, Hoor Ekspedisie”.
Die Transvaler, 8.12.60, “Tafelberg bring weemoed vir tien op Pad na ’n Yshuis”.
The Star, 8.12.60, “The Arctic is becoming ‘modern Mediterranean’”.
The Age, 5.12.60, “Frenchmen bound for Antarctic”.
Die Transvaler, 23.1.61, “S.A. se ‘Koue Manne’ met Lag en Traan Begroet”.
