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Overland and air transport facilities of Soviet Antarctic expeditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Yuri A. Arshenevskiy
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When research under the IGY programme began in Antarctica, the Soviet Union undertook the task of studying vast areas of the sector south of the Indian Ocean.

In 1956, the First Combined Antarctic Expedition headed by M. M. Somov set up the main base, Mirny observatory, on the Davis Sea coast. This was followed by five subsequent expeditions inland during which new stations have been established hi the heart of Antarctica.

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Polar Record , Volume 11 , Issue 70 , January 1962 , pp. 31 - 34
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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