1957, Scott Base opens in Antarctica
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From the 1950s, quarantine officers checked the international mail for packages including animal or plant material, by shaking, sniffing, and listening to the parcels. Packages were x-rayed from the late 1990s.
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Ref: NPS AANR 632.94 34/14/4
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