Discovery Committee

The Discovery Committee was a popular name for the Interdepartmental Committee for the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands established by the

British Government to carry out scientific investigations (which became known as ‘Discovery Investigations’) and to propose nature resource conservation and economic development policies for the Falkland Islands Dependencies

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During more than 25 years (1925–51) of pioneering work, the Committee's research ships

South Georgia. Among the results of the investigations was also the discovery of the natural boundary of Antarctica, the Antarctic Convergence

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References

Robert K. Headland, The Island of South Georgia, Cambridge University Press, 1984.

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