Log and report of observations of birds and seals at Mawson and Davis Stations, 1954-1959

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This file contains a report and a log of biological observations made at Mawson station during the 1950s, after the station was established in 1954. It contains observations of emperor Penguins, Adelie Penguins, Chinstrap Penguins, Giant Petrels, Cape Pigeons, Antarctic Petrels, Silver Grey Petrels, Snow Petrels, Wilson's Storm Petrels, McCormick Skuas, Dominican Gulls, Terns, Elephant Seals, Weddell Seals, Crabeater Seals and Leopard Seals.

Some data are also provided for Davis Station.

The hard copy of the log has been archived by the Australian Antarctic Division library.

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Temporal extent	1954-02-01 – 1959-12-31
Date (publication)	2014-04-10
Status	completed
Update frequency	asNeeded
Metadata language	en
License	This metadata record is publicly available.
Source metadata	ISO 19115 XML
Last updated	2026-11-05
Created	2026-11-05
API	package_show