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Geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica
The
British Graham Land expedition
(
BGLE
) was a
geophysical
and exploration expedition to
Graham Land
in
Antarctica
between 1934 and 1937. Under the leadership of
John Rymill
, the expedition spent two years in the Antarctic. The expedition determined that
Graham Land
was a peninsula.
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The expedition used a combination of
traditional
and modern practices in Antarctic exploration, using both dog teams and motor sledges as well as a single-engine
de Havilland Fox Moth
aircraft for exploration. Transportation to the Antarctic was in an elderly three-masted sailing ship christened the
Penola
, which had an unreliable auxiliary engine.
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Additional supplies were brought on the ship
Discovery II
.
The expedition was one of the last privately sponsored Antarctic missions, with only part of the cost covered by the UK government. Although the expedition had a very small budget, it was successful in its scientific objectives. Air survey photography and mapping was carried out for 1000 miles (1600 km) of the Graham Land coast.
All sixteen members of the landing party received the
Polar Medal
. The participants of the BGLE included:
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Further reading
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- Riffenburgh, Beau, ed. (2007).
British Graham Land Expedition
in
Encyclopedia of the Antarctic, Volume 1
. CRC Press.
ISBN
978-0-415-97024-2
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- Rymill, John (1938).
Southern Lights. The Official Account Of The British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937
. Chatto & Windus Ltd.
- Rymill, John (Apr 1938). "British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-37".
The Geographical Journal
.
91
(4): 297?312.
doi
:
10.2307/1788186
.
JSTOR
1788186
.
S2CID
130431162
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- Stonehouse, Bernard, ed. (2002).
British Graham Land Expedition
in
Encyclopedia of Antarctica and the southern oceans
. John Wiley and Sons.
ISBN
0-471-98665-8
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