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Lantern Slide - Ship Discovery Returning to Hobart, BANZARE Voyage 2, Antarctica, 1930-1931

Lantern slide of the Discovery in an ocean swell during the return trip from the Antarctic to Hobart.

One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.
Museums Victoria via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/38025969/source

#AntarcticExpeditions #AntarcticResearch #Antarctica #SailingVessels #History #Science #Exploration #Antarctic #Expeditions #LanternSlide #Museums

Lantern Slide - Pen of Live Sheep on the SY Discovery's Deckhouse Roof, BANZARE Voyage 2, Antarctica, 1930-1931

Lantern slide of a crate of sheep aboard the ship Discovery.

One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.
Museums Victoria via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/38025901/source

#AntarcticExpeditions #AntarcticResearch #Antarctica #History #Science #Exploration #Antarctic #Expeditions #LanternSlide #Museum

South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse (Glaciology 🗻)

The South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse was a three-part scientific exploration of Antarctica undertaken by the United States in the 1960s. The three parts, referred to individually as South Pole–Queen Maud Land Traverse I, II, and III, traveled a zigzag route acros...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Pole–Queen_Maud_Land_Traverse

#SouthPoleQueenMaudLandTraverse #SouthPole #Glaciology #QueenMaudLand #1960SInAntarctica #AntarcticExpeditions

Sentinels of the far south: Studying #Antarctic #Birds to Prevent Virus #Pandemics https://micro-bites.org/2023/08/16/sentinels-of-the-far-south-studying-antarctic-birds-to-prevent-virus-pandemics/

#Scavengers as Prospective Sentinels of #ViralDiversity: the Snowy #Sheathbill Virome as a Potential Tool for Monitoring #Virus Circulation, Lessons from 2 #AntarcticExpeditions https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.03302-22

"Research, tourism, fishing... bring human activity to #Antarctica; meanwhile, #MigratoryBirds cyclically travel to more populous areas. Could these species be vectors for disease?"