A thorough account of American operations in Antarctica, from the Falklands in the 1770s to the 1947-48 US Navy “Operation Windmill.” See individual chapters for each expedition covered.
Americans in Antarctica, 1715-1948
Bertrand, Kenneth J. . New York: American Geographical Society, 1971. (AGS Special Publication No. 39.).
- Antarctic Reading: General
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Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948.
Bertrand, Kenneth J. New York: American Geographical Society, 1971.
- 1838-42 U.S. Exploring Expedition (Wilkes).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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With some anomalies, this is a remarkably sound guide to American exploration in the Antarctic.
James Eight and the Palmer-Pendleton Expedition of 1829-1831,
Bertrand, Kenneth J. Chapter 9 in Americans in Antarctica, 1775-1948. New York: American Geographical Society, 1971, p. 144-58.
- 1829-30 First Preliminary US Exploring Expedition (Annawan and Seraph with Captains Nathaniel Palmer and Benjamin Pendleton).
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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p. 146-47: The scientific program of the expedition was sponsored by the Lyceum for Natural History of the City of New York. Newspapers encouraged private citizens to lend books, charts, and instruments to the expedition, and when the Annawan sailed it was said to have on board a fine collection of instruments and several hundred books.
The Fanning-Pendleton Sealing Fleet, 1821-1822
Bertrand, Kenneth J. in his Americans in Antarctica. New York: American Philosophical Society, 1971, p. 122-31.
- Antarctic Reading: Expeditions
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This voyage was barely successful financially because of their capture of hair seals off Chile. But geographically the fleet is credited with discovery of South Orkney Islands, by Nathaniel Palmer and Britisher George Powell.