Description
Laboratory data and photographs compiled by Erik Hohwü Christensen and related to the 1935 International High Altitude Expedition
to Chile. The collection includes two sets of test results for exercise on a cycle ergometer, one set taken at sea level
in Boston to acquire baseline data and the other set taken during the expedition at an altitude of 17,500 feet. Four mounted
black-and-white photographs of the mountain Aucanquilcha and the surrounding Chilean Andes and a black-and-white slide of
a mining car near the Ollague mine are also in the collection.
Background
Physiologist and member of the 1935 International High Altitude Expedition to Chile.
Extent
0.20 linear feet
(1 archives box and 1 oversize file folder)
Restrictions
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
Availability
Collection is open for research.