Antarctic Survey Log 2nd September 1968 to 28th March 1971

manuscript diary, 1968. Handwritten. Very Good. hardback. hardback, foolscap measuring 13" x 8", ruled pages, comprising the log of the author from 2nd September 1968 to 26th March 1971. A ms. daily record with meticulous, lengthy entries and detailed daily weather reports, reflecting the author's occupation as meteorologist with the British Antarctic Survey. The front covers are decorated with snippets from the 'Arctic Picket'. based at Schefferville where he served on secondment to McGill University's Knob Lake subarctic research laboratory, 1967-9 The first three months of the log cover the author's journeys through North and Central America and thence to Havant in Hampshire, He returns to Canada and his reporting includes tipped-in botanical specimens from his excursions. Again. back in the UK in September 1969 he leaves for Montevideo on board the John Biscoe and eventually to Adelaide Island & Fossil Bluff via Port Stanley and the Argentine Islands. The log continues with almost daily entries & with both personal and occupational information, through to Friday 26th March 1971. At the rear is a detailed report on Atmospheric Crystals and a list of books read during the period. Throughout are a number of tipped in additional entires, maps, cuttings etc. Ken Back, who now lives in Montevideo, Uruguay was with the BAS 1963-1978. and spent eight winters at Adelaide Island, Signy, Halley, Faraday, Rothera, as Meteorological observer & later as base leader. Subsequently he worked at the South Georgia Museum, 1995-98, and for UKAHT Port Lockroy, 1998-2000..