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Edward W. Bingham

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41: 135: 315:(FIDS). He was responsible for recruitment, procurement of supplies and equipment, including sledge dogs, and once in the field for the establishment of three new bases, at Stonington Island, Marguerite Bay; Signy Island, South Orkney Islands, and Argentine Islands, Palmer Archipelago. He wintered at Stonington Island in 1946, returned to the UK in 1947 and administered the London Office of FIDS for a year before re-entering regular naval service. 114: 308:, as Principal Medical Officer, contributing with his Arctic and Antarctic knowledge to the manufacture of improved protective cold-weather clothing for Royal Navy ship watchkeepers and lookouts. 845: 400: 890: 870: 119: 197: 885: 850: 895: 855: 543: 880: 747: 312: 452: 534: 226: 529: 290:, as medical officer and in charge of the dog sled teams. He took part in a major 535 mile trip across Graham Land from a base on the 517: 330: 233:, exploring the east coast and interior of Greenland. He took part as the expedition doctor and to be in charge of the expedition's 865: 860: 539: 875: 294:
to within sight of the Weddell Sea that proved that Graham Land was part of a peninsula not an island as previously thought.
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Following various shore appointments, in 1945 Bingham was seconded to the Colonial Office to lead the newly formed
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Edward (Ted) William Bingham was born on 2 January 1901 in Dungannon, County Tyrone, the son of the headmaster of
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Bingham was a Surgeon Commander at the Royal Naval Hospital in Plymouth until July 1941. He then served on
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Back from Greenland, he was appointed to carry out an hydrographic survey of the coastal area of the
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Archives - Riley, British Arctic Air Route Expedition, Collection at Scott Polar Research Institute
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for two years. He wintered at Nain and, whilst working by dog sled, increased his experience of
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1932 (Arctic 1930–31), 2nd clasp 1939 (Antarctic 1935–37), 3rd clasp 1953 (Antarctic 1946).
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British Polar Exploration and Research. A Historical and Medallic Record with Biographies
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Bingham, Edward William (1948). "The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1946-1947".
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Southern Lights. The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-1937
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Bingham, Edward William (1947). "The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1946-47".
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Edward Bingham (on the right), FIDS commander, in the Antarctic Dec 1945
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Archives - Edward Bingham Collection at Scott Polar Research Institute
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Of Ice and Men: the story of the British Antarctic Survey 1943-73
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Bingham, Edward William (1941). "Sledging and sledge dogs".
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From pole to pole, the life of Quentin Riley 1905-1980
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In 1926 he graduated in medicine from 450:BAARE - Rymill and fellow expeditioners 388: 253:mountains and to attempt the ascent of 201:, was a British Royal Navy officer and 798:British Antarctic Oral History Project 336:He died on 1 September 1993, aged 92. 891:Military personnel from County Tyrone 331:Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent 7: 396: 394: 392: 313:Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey 871:Royal Navy officers of World War II 820:Archives - British Antarctic Survey 535:Geographic Names Information System 286:, led by his former BAARE teammate 227:British Arctic Air Route Expedition 786:. London: Chatto & Windus Ltd. 729:. London: Chatto & Windus Ltd. 257:, the highest point of the range. 20:. For the U.S. federal judge, see 14: 886:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 851:Irish officers in the Royal Navy 681:Bingham, Edward William (1952). 569:Australian Antarctic Data Centre 471:, Vol. 1. 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Edward Bingham
Edward Franklin Bingham

Dungannon
County Tyrone
Ireland
UK
Halstock
Dorset
England
UK
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Surgeon Captain
World War II
Polar Medal
Order of the British Empire
Surgeon Captain
OBE
polar explorer
Polar Medal
Dungannon Royal School
Trinity College, Dublin
British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Gino Watkins
sled dogs
Alfred Stephenson
Lawrence Wager
ice cap
Schweizerland

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