Data · collection · 2014
An account of the establishment of Macquarie Island Station in 1948-1949 by Peter Wylie King
Listed in NASA Earthdata CMR
This file contains 22 pages of scanned typewritten text, and 1 page of a sketched map.
Description
The document describes the establishment of Macquarie Island station in 1948, but the first ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party. It was written by Peter Wylie King on October 20, 1951.
The document details activities, living conditions, and other facets of life on Macquarie Island, including the construction of the early station, details about the sheep, goats and dog brought to the island, the rabbits already present on the island, exploration of the island, and the death of engineer Charlie Scoble.
Links
Get the data
- Download point for the notes data.aad.gov.au/eds/3844/download ↗
download · from NASA CMR
Where it is published
- DOI doi.org/10.4225/15/5345f40695753 ↗
DOI / persistent id · from NASA CMR
Documentation and papers
- data.aad.gov.au /aadc/metadata/citation.cfm?entry_id=Macquarie_Island_Notes_194… ↗
Citation reference for this metadata record and dataset
documentation · from NASA CMR
Catalogue records · 2
- CMR UMM-JSON cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214311205-AU_AADC.umm_json ↗
metadata API · from NASA CMR
- CMR record cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/search/concepts/C1214311205-AU_AADC.html ↗
catalogue entry · from NASA CMR
Topics
- Stated by source
- Albatrosses/Petrels And Allies · Buildings · Communications · Cultural Features · Electricity · Exotic Species · FIELD INVESTIGATION · Penguins · Transportation · VISUAL OBSERVATIONS · Waders Gulls Auks And Allies
- Inferred from text
- Text 75%
Provenance · 1 source records, 20 field assertions
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| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/birds/albatrosses-petrels-and-allies | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/birds/penguins | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biological-classification/animals-vertebrates/birds/waders-gulls-auks-and-allies | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/biosphere/ecological-dynamics/species-population-interactions/exotic-species | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/infrastructure/buildings | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/infrastructure/communications | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/infrastructure/cultural-features | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/infrastructure/electricity | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[measured_variable].gcmd:earth-science/human-dimensions/infrastructure/transportation | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[modality].local:modality:text | enrichment · NASA CMR | keyword-concept-rules@1.0.0 | title+description (75%) |
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| publication_date | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | |
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| title | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 | /umm/EntryTitle |
| version_label | source · NASA CMR | connector:nasa_cmr@1.0.0 |