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Handwritten information on map: Sketch Map, Area of Bay of Whales, January, 1955.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Bay of Whales,
Davies, W.E. Collection
Bay of Whales Map. Years: 1912, 1930, 1935, 1941, 1947, 1955. Handwritten information on map.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Bay of Whales,
Davies, W.E. Collection
Handwritten information on map.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Ross Sea
William E. Davies, was born on December 24, 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended MIT in 1935 and graduated in 1939 with a degree in geology and a minor in geophysics. After graduating MIT, Davies attended a masters program at Michigan State University, recieving an M.S. in 1941. That same year, Davies entered U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a Secound Lieutenant. In August 1949 Davies joined the USGS as a member of the Military Geology Branch. In 1954, Davies sailed to Antarctica aboard the USS Atka for the purpose of selecting suitable sites for a U.S. research station during the International Geophysical Year. Over Davies career more than 200 titles were added to his bibliography. Davies received the Antarctic...
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This diary catalogues the journey of William E. Davies, a USGS geologist, on the USS Atka from 1954-1955. It includes geological, glaciological, and stratigraphic notes about locations in New Zealand, Antarctica, and in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Content is in a daily format, with notes, sketches, and charts of the ship's course. Notebook titled by author: "Antarctic Diary".
Handwritten information on map.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Ross Sea
Area map of Bay of Whales. Includes locations for Little America I through IV.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Bay of Whales,
Davies, W.E. Collection
Handwritten information on map: Course plotted for USS Atka expedition 1955.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Sulzberger Bay
Queen Maud Land Map. Shows boundary of floating shelf ice and shoreline in 1952.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Queen Maud Land
Hobbs Coast Map. Handwritten course plotted on map.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Hobbs Coast
Handwritten information on map: Sketch Map, Kainan Bay, January 22, 1955.
Categories: Map,
Physical Item;
Tags: Antarctica,
Antarctica Collection,
Davies, W.E. Collection,
Kainan Bay
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