Passel, Charles F. Antartic Exploration Collection, 1911-2001

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Passel, Charles F. Antartic Exploration Collection, 1911-2001

Correspondence, diaries, journals, photographic material, film, videos, creative works, scrapbooks, maps, charts, reports, minor works of art and artifacts document Charles F. Passel's participation in Admiral Richard E. Byrd's Third Antarctic Expedition, 1939-1941; as well as Passel's later interests and enterprises related to the expedition and other polar exploration.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8115030

University of Texas Libraries

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