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

Related Titles

Contained In: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Series: SIA RU007231

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1962-1963

Notes

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.

Subjects

Antarctica , Anvers Island , Field notes , Palmer Land , Palmer Peninsula (Antarctica) Survey (1962-1963) , United States Antarctic Program , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.132154