Ernest Joyce collection 1907-1930

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...

Davis, John King

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Author, sailor, navigator, Antarctic explorer. John King Davis was born at Kew, London, in 1884. He took part in seven voyages to the Antarctic, served with the Australian Navy in World War I and became Commonwealth Director of Navigation, 1920-49. His publications include works about sailing, the Antarctic, the voyages and his autobiography. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. 1962-1965. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222950167 The Australasian Antarcti...

British Antarctic Expedition (1907-1909)

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The British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909, also known as the The Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three successful expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole. This was not attained, but the expedition's southern march reached a Farthest South latitude of 88° 23' S, just 97.5 nautical miles (180.6 km; 112.2 mi) from the pole. This was by far the longest southern polar jou...

Mackintosh, A. L. A. (Aeneas Lionel Acton), 1879-1916

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Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Ross Sea Party

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Stenhouse, Joseph Russell, 1887-1941

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Joyce, Ernest E. Mills (Ernest Edward Mills), -1940

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Ernest Edward Mills Joyce

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Ernest Edward Mills Joyce was born in Bognor, England in 1875. He entered the Royal Navy in 1891, serving with the Royal Naval Brigade in the South African War. While in South Africa, he joined the British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott), as able seaman on Discovery . He took part in sledging activities and on return from the expedition, was rated petty officer. Joyce left the Navy to join the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (...