ANTARCTIC PROTECTED AREA SYSTEM:
NEW HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS
The Representatives,
Recalling Recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7 and XIII-16 and XIV-8;
Recommend to their Governments that the following historic monuments be added to the "List of Historic Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments" annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and that thereafter they be accorded the respect and protection required by the Recommendation recalled above:
54. Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument, McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77°51'S., 166°40'E.). Bronze bust on black marble, 5ft high x 2ft square, on wood platform, bearing inscriptions describing the polar achievements of Richard Evelyn Byrd. Erected at McMurdo Station in 1965.
55. East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island (68°11'S., 67°00'W.). Buildings and artefacts at East Base, Stonington Island and their immediate environs. These structures were erected and used during two U.S. wintering expeditions: the Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The size of the historic area is approximately 1,000 meters in the north-south direction (from the beach to Northeast Glacier adjacent to Back Bay) and approximately 500 metres in the east-west direction.
NEW HISTORIC SITES AND MONUMENTS
The Representatives,
Recalling Recommendations I-IX, V-4, VI-14, VII-9, XII-7 and XIII-16 and XIV-8;
Recommend to their Governments that the following historic monuments be added to the "List of Historic Monuments Identified and Described by the Proposing Government or Governments" annexed to Recommendation VII-9 and that thereafter they be accorded the respect and protection required by the Recommendation recalled above:
54. Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument, McMurdo Station, Antarctica (77°51'S., 166°40'E.). Bronze bust on black marble, 5ft high x 2ft square, on wood platform, bearing inscriptions describing the polar achievements of Richard Evelyn Byrd. Erected at McMurdo Station in 1965.
55. East Base, Antarctica, Stonington Island (68°11'S., 67°00'W.). Buildings and artefacts at East Base, Stonington Island and their immediate environs. These structures were erected and used during two U.S. wintering expeditions: the Antarctic Service Expedition (1939-1941) and the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948). The size of the historic area is approximately 1,000 meters in the north-south direction (from the beach to Northeast Glacier adjacent to Back Bay) and approximately 500 metres in the east-west direction.
