...Harrison passage (65°54’32”S, 65°10’36”W) is named after John Harrison (1693-1776), an English horologist who provided the first solution to determining longitude at sea. Maskelyne Passage (65°51’00”S, 65°24’58”W) is named for...
...in the northern Antarctic Peninsula. Melville Glacier (62°22’58”W, 65°28’41”S), is named after the famous author. It was first surveyed by FIDS in 1947. Nearby, the Pequod Glacier (62°19’42”W, 65°31’20”S) is...
...attend this historic occasion. Pictured above are Deputy Commissioner (Jane Rumble OBE) and Administrator (Stuart Doubleday) with the Director of the British Antarctic Survey (Prof Dame Jane Francis, centre). The...
...science. The 78p sheet stamp features Sue Flood’s winning image of the Earth Photo 2019 ‘Place’ category. Sheet stamps 68p, 78p, £1.04, £1.26 values. Souvenir Sheets 4 x 78p values...
...the involvement of European countries in the exploration of Antarctica. At the time of writing, the semi-finalist teams are: Italy (Italia Valley, King George Island); Spain (Spanish Point, Livingston Island);...
...this across the continent. Desolation Island (62°27’28”S, 60°20’48”W), off Livingston Island, is so named for its inhospitable appearance. Also in the South Shetland Islands, Retreat Bluffs (62°09’19”S, 58°12’38”W) was named...
...first novel. Seventeen members of this club are named here: for example, Tupman Island, Slumkey Island and Jinks Island are named for Tracy Tupman Esq, the Honourable Samuel Slumkey, and...
...of Enceladus and Mimas, satellites of Saturn; Lassell Glacier: William Lassell, discoverer of Ariel and Umbriel, satellites of Uranus, and Triton, satellite of Neptune; Lovell Glacier: Sir Bernard Lovell, first...
...(67°32’40”S, 67°01’07”W) was named in 1955 for Kenneth Blaiklock, pioneering surveyor who died at the end of September 2020 aged 92. He was a surveyor at Stonington 1948-50, including surveying...
