Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956–1960) was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956.[1] They were based at Norway Station (70°30′S 02°32′W / 70.500°S 2.533°W). The expedition was led by Sigurd Gunnarson Helle, a geodesist at Norsk Polarinstitutt, and it included 14 researchers.[2] Among their activities were topological mapping of the region.

References

  1. ↑ Lebedev, Vladimir L'vovich (1959). Antarctica. Foreign Languages Publishing House. p. 244.
  2. ↑ Amundsen, Bård; Lie, Else. "IPY generates a torrent of research". translators: Connie Stultz and Victoria Coleman. The Research Council of Norway. Retrieved 2010-12-23.