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First Spring Balloon Launch

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1911

George Clarke Simpson9 August 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Simpson resumes upper-air observations by launching a balloon from Cape Evans.

Names involved

George Clarke Simpson

Provenance

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