Barr, correspondence

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Michael Barr/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 10 July 1951 to 25 October 1951
  • Physical Description
    • 1 letter and 1 telegram. The letter is on microfilm

Scope and Content

  • MS 1330/1/1-2;D Telegram, 10 July 1951, letter, 25 October 1951 (from A F Liotard) [Regarding emperor penguin rookery at Point Geology] 2 leaves, teletype and typescript

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the French Antarctic Expedition, 1948-1953 (leader Andr Frank Liotard) and the penguin rookeries at Point Geology and Cherry-Garrard's book on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) The worst journey in the world.

Related Material

The Institute holds several archival collections which include correspondence to or from Apsley Cherry-Garrard, for a fuller list of these collections see GB 015 Apsley Cherry-Garrard.