Event NameNew Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition 1959/60AbstractIn seven weeks in the field| one thousand square miles of territory were toporaphically surveyed. A geological survey of this region was carried out. Dr RL Oliver is preapring a paper containing the results of this survey and will be published in an appropriate scientific journal. Collections of lichens| mosses| pollen| insects and soil samples were made. On 6/12/59 smaill insects| probably of the genus Collembola were discovered at latitude 84. This record of insect life is aparently the furthest south record to date.PersonnelRW Cawley (Senior Scientific Officerz0CH Biscoe (Biologist)PLM Bain (Radio Operator- field assistant)R Bolt (Surveyor)NC Cooper (Assistant Surveyor)BJ McGlinchy (Field Assistant)RL Oliver (Geologist)BL Smith (Field Assistant)LocationsBeardmore GlacierHood GlacierMt KathllenMt KyffinSeason1959-1960
