Graham Land

American  

noun

1. a part of the British Antarctic Territory, in the northern section of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly the British name for the entire peninsula.

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Graham Land British  

noun

1. the N part of the Antarctic Peninsula: became part of the British Antarctic Territory in 1962 (formerly part of the Falkland Islands Dependencies; claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty)

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Graham Land

An Antarctic cormorant on western Graham Land was also infected yet apparently unharmed.

From Science Magazine ● Mar. 18, 2024

The 600-mile trip back from Greenwich Island and Graham Land was; rough and uncomfortable.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both are in Antarctica now, preparing to return to the U. S. after flights in Graham Land.

From Time Magazine Archive

Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins with his airplane pilot Lieutenant Carl Ben Eielson, last week, discovered that Graham Land is separate from the Antarctic continent.

From Time Magazine Archive

One will travel westwards towards Graham Land, making observations, collecting geological specimens, and proving whether there are mountains in that region linked up with those found on the other side of the Pole.

From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

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