Balleny Islands Reconnaissance Expedition, 1964

Abstract

New Zealand's activities in the Ross Dependency, though belated, have been intensive since the beginning of IGY (1957–58). The geological and survey activities, at the reconnaissance level, are almost complete, and programmes in the biological and physical sciences are well established in the continental area. It was the logical connection of this work with similar studies on the Subantarctic islands that led to the proposal for an expedition of about two months' duration to the Balleny Islands in the austral summer of 1964–65, as part of the New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme.