13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition
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The 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition
that ran from 1967 to 1969.
The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov
. American scientists on the expedition researched the accessible ice-free locations on the west coast of Enderby Land
.
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR....
that ran from 1967 to 1969.
The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov
Aleksei Treshnikov
Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition.He was involved in defending the Northern Sea Route during World War II and participated in the...
. American scientists on the expedition researched the accessible ice-free locations on the west coast of Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
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