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Signpost at Soviet station in Antarctica.

Item

Title
Signpost at Soviet station in Antarctica.
Date
Winter 1970
Description
A photograph of a signpost at a Soviet station in Antarctica, displaying the distance in Russian to various locations, including Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Moscow, and New York. The image is from professor of earth sciences H. Leroy Scharon's account in Washington University Magazine (Winter 1970) of his time as an exchange scientist with the Soviet Union’s Thirteenth Antarctic Expedition.
Identifier
RG031-S25-ss01-i038
Rights Holder
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Rights
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Source
H. Leroy Scharon, “With the Soviets in Antarctica,” Washington University Magazine 40, no. 2 (Winter 1970): 27.
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/ad_wumag/37