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Upper-Air Balloon Observations

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

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1911Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1911

George Clarke SimpsonApril 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Simpson conducts balloon experiments to investigate atmospheric conditions above Cape Evans.

George Clarke Simpson1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Uses balloons to investigate temperature and winds above Antarctica.

Names involved

George Clarke Simpson

Provenance

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