Michel de Vaisseau Barr was leader of the French Expedition, 1950-1951, to the Antarctic. The expedition ship, Commandant Charcot, relieved the station at Port-Martin in Terre Adeli before making Hydrographic observations in the vicinity and a coastal reconnaissance westwards to longitude 138° East. The expedition visited Macquarie Island and Campbell Island in February. During the 1951 winter, the scientific work at Port-Martin was extended, particularly geophysics and biology, and the sledging programme was continued. Barr was appointed Chef de District de Dependances de Madagascar.
Published work 'Les voyages du navire Commandant Charcot' (French) by Michel Barr in J B Charcot et la continuit des missions polaires franaise by Francois Bergez and others, Group Rhone-Alpes de l'Union franaise de Philatelie Polaire Macon France (1996) SPRI Library Shelf 92[Charcot, J B] and 'Deuxieme expedition - 1951' (French) in France, Direction de la documentation, Explorations outre mer a travers l'Union franaise . Paris, La Documentation Franaise [1952].
From the guide to the Michael Barr collection, 1951, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)
