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unusual facts about Northern Party



Mount Levick

It was first charted by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for George Murray Levick, surgeon with the expedition and a member of the Northern Party.

Styx Glacier

Observed by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965–66, which named it after the mythical river Styx.

Tobin Mesa

Named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, for James Tobin, surveyor with this party.


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Calf Point

The headland was charted and named in 1911 by the Northern Party, led by Victor Campbell, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named because of the great number of young seals, known as calves, distributed nearby this headland.

George Murray Levick

Part of the Northern Party, Levick spent the austral summer of 1911–1912 at Cape Adare in the midst of an Adélie Penguin rookery.

Governor Mountain

The mountain was occupied as a survey station by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, which named it for Sir Bernard Fergusson, Governor-General of New Zealand, and because of the dominating aspect of this feature.

Kent Glacier

It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) after the English county and the Dukedom of Kent.

Kon-Tiki Nunatak

It was first seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) and named after the raft Kon-Tiki which was sailed across the Pacific Ocean from East to West in 1947 by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.

Prince of Wales Glacier

Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Charles, Prince of Wales, eldest son of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

Princess Anne Glacier

Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961-62) for Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.