Hi Ingo, I had always thought it was by the Japanese in the 1960's, but I came across this reference in the citation for asteroid 4456 Mawson:
Named in memory of Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958), Australian geologist and Antarctic explorer. ... During 1907-1909 he took part in the British Antarctic Expedition led by Shackleton, and from 1911 to 1914 he led the Australasian Antarctic Expedition; on the latter was found the "Adelie Land" meteorite, the first to be discovered on the Antarctic continent. This agrees with what you just said. Thanks! Ron > Hi Ron! > > The first meteorite found in Antarctica was Adelie Land (Dec. 5, 1912) found > by Francis Howard Bickerton, who was a member of the Astralasien Expedition > on that time. > > Cheers! > > Ingo > ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
