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The British Graham Land Expedition ( or BGLE ) was a geophysical and exploration expedition to Graham Land in Antarctica between 1934 to 1937.

Under the leadership of John Riddoch Rymill, the expedition spent two years in the Antarctic.

The expedition determined that Graham Land was a peninsula.

The expedition used a combination of traditional and modern practices in Antarctic exploration, using both dog teams and motor sledges as well as a single-engine de Havilland Fox Moth aircraft for exploration.

Transportation to the Antarctic was in an elderly three-masted sailing ship christened the Penola, which had an unreliable auxiliary engine.

Additional supplies were brought on the ship Discovery II.