Record

Code	CX6083
Dates	1934-1937
Person Name	British Graham Land Expedition; 1934-1937
Activity	The British Graham Land Expedition (or BGLE) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937. Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two years in the Antarctic. The expedition determined that Graham Land was a peninsula.[1] The expedition used a combination of traditional and modern practices in Antarctic exploration, using both dog teams and motor sledges as well as a single-engine de Havilland Fox Moth aircraft for exploration. Transportation to the Antarctic was in an elderly three-masted sailing ship christened the Penola, which had an unreliable auxiliary engine.[1] Additional supplies were brought on the ship Discovery II. The expedition was one of the last privately-sponsored Antarctic missions, with only part of the cost covered by the UK government. Although the expedition had a very small budget, it was successful in its scientific objectives. Air survey photography and mapping was carried out for 1000 miles (1600 km) of the Graham Land coast.
Corporate Name	British Graham Land Expedition

Catalogue

RefNo	Title
DF/MIN/1/37/57	'British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1936'
DF/ZOO/211/90	British Graham Land [Antarctica] Expedition Reports
DF/ZOO/213/9	British Graham Land [ Antarctica] Expedition, 1934-1937: correspondence of G C L Bertram, B Roberts and others
DF/BOT/423/1/4	Lamb, Ivan Mackenzie: British Graham Land Expedition
DF/BOT/405/8	Dixon, H N: The mosses of the British Graham Land Expedition, 1934-1937, 'Penola'
DF/BOT/423	Lichen Section: Correspondence and Papers
DF/ENT/305/10	British Graham Land Expedition, Antarctica, 1934-1937, G C L Bertram
DF/ZOO/252/14/1	Harding, John Philip: Volume with identification details for Entomostraca from various expeditions
DF/ZOO/230/120/25	“Discovery” Committee (“Discovery” Investigations)

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