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Austin Mardon Collection
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Antartica Team Materials

1-1: Texas House Concurrent Resolution (H.C.R.) No. 51: Austin Mardon United States Navy’s Antarctica Medal, February 27, 1989 [photocopies]
1-2: Texas Flag, signed by Antarctica Team, 1986-1987
1-3: A&M University banner signed by Antarctica Team, 1986-1987 (housed in separate box)

Austin Mardon Collection

  • US TxAM-C 1375
  • Collection
  • 1986-1989

This collection includes flags (felt) brought along on the geographical expedition in search of meteorites in Antarctica, headed by A&M professor John Wormuth, from November 1986 to February 1987. The expedition was an international collaborative effort between Japanese, Austrian, Dutch, and American researchers with William A. Cassidy (University of Pittsburgh) as the expedition team leader.

Other items included are a Texas House Resolution awarding Austin Mardon the United States Navy's Antarctica Medal on February 27, 1989.

Mardon, Austin A. (Austin Albert)