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Norwegian/British/Swedish Antarctic Expedition
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The Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition of 1949-1952 was the first in Antarctica involving an international team of scientists. Its base was located on the coast of Dronning Maud Land -- an area lying between the meridians of 20°W and 45°E. Apart from surveys and mapping the main objective was to carry out a wide ranging programme of scientific investigations with particular interest in discovering whether climatic fluctuations similar to those observed in the Arctic were also occurring in Antarctica. Norway was mainly responsible for meteorology and topographical surveys, Britain for geology and Sweden for glaciology.