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Palmer Peninsula (Antarctica) Survey, 1962-1963 : station data

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Abstract

Notebook and station data documents collecting completed during the Palmer Peninsula (Antarctica) Survey, 1962-1963. The notebook includes descriptions of specimens and accompanying flora and fauna observed in dredging results, manner of collection, and depth, with corresponding to station numbers. Additionally, Waldo Schmitt lists types of grass, algae and other flora collected from beaches visited. Typed report includes station numbers, locations identified by latitude and longitude position, quantity of specimens and preliminary identifications. Includes locations near Anvers Island, Argentine Island, Paradise Harbor, Gamma Island, Discovery Bay, and Wiencke Island among others.

Date Range

1962-1963

Start Date

1962

End Date

1963

Access Information

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Topic

Zoology

Place

  • Palmer Land
  • Anvers Island
  • Antarctica

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007231

Collection name

Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 114