Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition

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The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the

Antarctic peninsula
which took place in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 southern summers.

Funded by the

Canso flying-boats, and several helicopters.[3][4]

The photographic collection, held by the British Antarctic Survey as the United Kingdom Antarctic Mapping Centre, comprises about 12,800 frames taken on 26,700 kilometers of ground track.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 0951169904
  2. doi:10.1111/j.1477-9730.1958.tb01083.x
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  3. ^ British Antarctic Survey History
  4. ^ "Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition, 1955–57: Operations in 1956–57", Polar Record / Volume 9 / Issue 58 / January 1958, pp 28–31
  5. ^ United States Antarctic Resource Center
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