60 years ago South African National Antarctic Expedition (SANAE) 1 left from Cape Town on the 3rd of December 1959 to only arrive on the 8th of January 1960 at Antarctic Ice Shelf. An article about the departure of SANAE 59 has just been posted on the SANAP website. After reading this article, compare that […]
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Representatives of 12 nations met regularly in Washington from mid-1958 until early 1959 to discuss the proposals and draft a treaty. On the 1st of December, 1959, the Antarctic Treaty was signed by government representatives of Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Chile, France, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, the then USSR, the UK and the USA. […]
ALSA’s Principal Investigator/Archivist is currently in Helsinki, attending the Third Polar Data Forum. The theme of the conference is: Let polar data holders get together and make more use of data. Ria is presenting a talk today in the Data Management for Polar Social Science and Humanities Session on the importance of data management within […]
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