Arctic regions
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Cambridge Svalbard Exploration Collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/590/CSEC
Scope and Contents
The Svalbard Archive collection contains accounting records, administration files, expedition notes, and equipment records which all relate to work undertaken in Svalbard (Spitsbergen) from 1949 until 1992. Much of this material includes far more information than has been previously published about the expeditions or the work undertaken.Most of the expedition records are organized on the twinlock system – and include administrative papers, logs of each party, bulletins, accounts,...
Dates:
1933-2000
Conditions Governing Access:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.
The Collections Research Centre [West Cambridge] is open from Monday to Friday, 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-17:00.
A prior appointment made at least two weeks in advance, and two forms of identification are required.
Found in:
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
Item
NS I Chap 5-8 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 46.1: 7r
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
Fonds
Papers of Richard G. West
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10392
Scope and Contents
The papers include a series of research files maintained by West relating to his site investigations and associated subjects. These are comprised of various combinations of notes, drafts, data recording sheets, correspondence, maps, sketches, charts and tables, diagrams, photographs, and annotated copies of publications. There is also a separate series of notebooks containing field notes, laboratory notes and notes synthesizing information from multiple sources; a large series of...
Dates:
1800 - 2020, predominant 1952-2019
Conditions Governing Access:
The Papers of Richard West are generally available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Access to some files is restricted in compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018. Access to some files is temporarily restricted pending conservation treatment. See individual file entries for details. Digital content requires further processing to make it accessible for consultation; this material does not currently appear in the catalogue.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library