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    Gurkovska Cove. Mapped by the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island, 1970–71. UK Antarctic Place-names Committee (UK-APC) applied the descriptive...
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    the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The name was applied to this highest mountain on Elephant...
    1 KB (124 words) - 22:35, 25 July 2024
  • rips and whirlpools. The channel was crossed by a party of the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island in January 1977, and so named after the Tasman...
    547 bytes (96 words) - 00:06, 3 January 2022
  • Thumbnail for Mount Elder
    named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Captain John P. Elder, Royal Engineers, surveyor of the U.K. Joint Services Expedition to Elephant...
    2 KB (181 words) - 22:17, 6 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for Joint Base Lewis–McChord
    Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) is a U.S. military installation home to I Corps and 62nd Airlift Wing located 9.1 miles (14.6 km) south-southwest of Tacoma...
    28 KB (2,952 words) - 00:43, 27 July 2024
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    Elephant Island (category Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition)
    board and commanded by Luis Pardo, arrived and rescued the men. A Joint Services Expedition led by Commander Malcolm Burley was dropped off on Elephant Island...
    14 KB (1,462 words) - 02:58, 11 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Joint Expedition Against Franklin
    The Joint Expedition Against Franklin was a joint engagement between the United States Army and Navy against the Confederate States Army during the American...
    21 KB (2,266 words) - 21:34, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Franklin's lost expedition
    Franklin's lost expedition was a failed British voyage of Arctic exploration led by Captain Sir John Franklin that departed England in 1845 aboard two...
    124 KB (13,853 words) - 19:10, 1 September 2024
  • Antarctica, it was named descriptively for its conical shape by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. "Antarctica Detail". 2 June 2021. Archived from the...
    984 bytes (98 words) - 16:49, 28 January 2024
  • the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was mapped by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71. The descriptive name for this prominent feature was...
    701 bytes (104 words) - 01:44, 29 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for 1953 British Mount Everest expedition
    John Hunt, it was organised and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee. News of the expedition's success reached London in time to be released on...
    35 KB (4,299 words) - 03:39, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pardo Ridge
    Cape Valentine in the east. It was mapped by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970-71, and named by the UK-APC after Captain Luis Pardo, commander of the...
    2 KB (168 words) - 08:46, 24 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Danger Island, Great Chagos Bank
    collect coconuts. In 1975 there was an expedition to Danger Island by the Joint Services (JSDI). The expedition members were taken by RFA Resurgent to...
    5 KB (591 words) - 14:40, 17 September 2019
  • Thumbnail for Trishna (yacht)
    yacht, it was sailed by the crew to the Joint Services Sailing Center, Gosport, U.K., now known as the Joint Services Adventure Sail Training Center, where...
    15 KB (1,265 words) - 09:14, 27 July 2024
  • the South Shetland Islands off Antarctica. It was named by the UK Joint Services Expedition to Elephant Island of 1970–71, after the brig Minstrel (Captain...
    790 bytes (117 words) - 01:59, 29 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for Military mail
    transports. This service was the forerunner of the Military Forwarding Office (MFO) service which still exists today. The expedition was successful and...
    22 KB (2,465 words) - 20:05, 26 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cape Yelcho
    the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named by the UK Joint Services Expedition, 1970–71, after the Chilean steam tug Yelcho. The tug, which...
    1 KB (113 words) - 03:01, 29 April 2022
  • Thumbnail for United States Army
    States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army...
    169 KB (13,314 words) - 23:14, 7 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Tata Group
    commercial vehicle market after forming a joint venture with Daimler-Benz. In 1968, Tata Consultancy Services was founded. In 1991, Ratan Tata became chairman...
    54 KB (4,231 words) - 23:47, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timeline of Mount Everest expeditions
    Pavel Datschnolian. In 1953, a ninth British expedition, led by John Hunt and organized and financed by the Joint Himalayan Committee, returned to Nepal. Hunt...
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