9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition
- 9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The 9th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition that ran from 1963 to 16 March, 1965.
The expedition was led by Dr. Mikhail Somov. This expedition featured the first British exchange scientist, a glaciologist.
Two ships carried the expedition from the Baltic sea to Antarctica, the "Ob", an icebreaker and the "Estonia", a passenger liner.
Research
Research during the expedition was split into two groups. The first being geophysical; seismology, geomagnetism, earth currents, aurora, cosmic rays, radio propagation, aerology and meteorology. The second group was more fieldwork based; mapping new land, oceanography, geology and glaciology etc.
References
* Swithbank, C. (1966) "A Year with the Russians in Antarctica" in "The Geographical Journal", Vol. 132, No. 4. (Dec., 1966), pp. 463-474
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