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The Expedition did Research into; the Climate , the state of the Ionosphere , the Northern Lights , Cosmic Rays , the Geomagnetic Field and the source of Radio Waves .

One major task of the Expedition was to relay meterological information to Soviet Whaling ships in the southern latitudes.

This expedition was the first Soviet expedition to use Aqualung s in biological exploration. Explorations using this technology were made from December to March in the antarctic summer of 1966/7. The three months of work resulted in a large collection of animals which were presented to the Academy Of Sciences Of The USSR in Leningrad .


REFERENCES

  • Gruzov, E. (1968) "Soviet biological exploration in antarctic seas" in ''Arctic'', v. 21, no. 1, Mar. 1968, p. 39-40