Enid Briggs collection 1910-1927

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

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Ernest Shackleton, leader of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and part of two other Antarctic expeditions, acquired Polaris after her owner's financial trouble. Renamed Endurance after the Shackleton family motto Fortitudine vincimus (By Endurance we Conquer), she sailed intending to accomplish the first land crossing of the Antarctic continent. She departed for her final voyage on December 15, 1914 but progress was slow, averaging about 30 miles per day through pack ice. A month later, w...

Bagshawe Thomas Wyatt 1901-1976

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Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition 1921-1922

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition Weddell Sea 1914-1916

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Enid Briggs as collator

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Enid Briggs collected material on expeditions to the Antarctic. This material comprised of letters to explorers and their families, press cuttings and a collection of autographs. From the guide to the Enid Briggs collection, 1910-1927, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Briggs Enid

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Lester Maxime Charles 1891-1957

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Wilkins, George Hubert, Sir, 1888-1958

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Sir George Hubert Wilkins (b. October 31, 1888, Hallett, South Australia-d. November 30, 1958, Framingham, Massachusetts), polar explorer, geographer, photographer, and consultant for the United States Military. He was internationally recognized for his expeditions to the Arctic and Anarctic from 1913 to 1939. Wiklins was the navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Arctic Sea (1928); navigator aboard the first airplane to fly over the Antarctica (1933); and led the Nautilus sub...

Cope John Lachlan 1893-1947

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British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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British Expedition to Graham Land 1920-1922

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Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

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Epithet: Captain British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x00006d ...