The Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) was an aerial survey of the
Falkland Islands Dependencies
The Falkland Islands Dependencies was the constitutional arrangement from 1843 until 1985 for administering the various British territories in List of Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands, Sub-Antarctica and Antarctica which were governed from t ...
and the
Antarctic Peninsula which took place in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 southern summers.
Funded by the
Colonial Office and organized by Peter Mott, the survey was carried out by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. The expedition was based at
Deception Island and utilized the ''Oluf Sven'', two
Canso flying-boats, and several helicopters.
The photographic collection, held by the
British Antarctic Survey as the United Kingdom Antarctic Mapping Centre, comprises about 12,800 frames taken on 26,700 kilometers of ground track.
United States Antarctic Resource Center
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British Antarctic Territory
Surveying of the United Kingdom
Photo archives in the United Kingdom
Geography of the Falkland Islands
Geodetic surveys
Aerial photography