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insuring safe landing for aircraft, width space on the snow-free land, 
too, for an airstrip, certainly for helicopter pads; a dock, mooring 
facilities, and a sizeable lake for water supply. The dredging holds 
forth hope for more rewarding collections than we made during our brief 
stay here, but I, for one, would like to leave the South Shetland, bi¬ 
ology and geology, to the British who have already done so much in these 
fields in this general area, and in and about these islands. 
