Gerald Doorly collection 1901 - 1929

Shackleton, Ernest Henry, 1874-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf7qt5 (person)

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...

Doorly, Gerald S. (Gerald Stokely), 1880-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b7sx3 (person)

Gerald Stokely Doorly was born in Trinidad on 4 June 1880. In 1895, he joined HMS Worcester to train for the Merchant Navy. He served as Third Officer on board Morning (Captain William Colbeck) during the two British Relief Expeditions, 1902-1903 and 1903-1904, organized to assist the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). He emigrated to New Zealand in 1905 and continued to serve in the Merchant Navy, achieving command and serving throughout ...

Doorly, Gerald S. (Gerald Stokely), 1880-1956

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65b7sx3 (person)

Gerald Stokely Doorly was born in Trinidad on 4 June 1880. In 1895, he joined HMS Worcester to train for the Merchant Navy. He served as Third Officer on board Morning (Captain William Colbeck) during the two British Relief Expeditions, 1902-1903 and 1903-1904, organized to assist the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). He emigrated to New Zealand in 1905 and continued to serve in the Merchant Navy, achieving command and serving throughout ...

Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z9300r (person)

Hugh Robert Mill was born at Thurso, Scotland, on 28 May 1861. He read chemistry and physics at Edinburgh University and specialised in marine chemistry, working on the scientific reports of the Challenger expedition under Sir John Murray. In 1887, he became lecturer in geography and physiography at Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh, and four years later, published The realm of nature, an important textbook of scientific geography. In 1892, he was appointed librarian of the Royal Geogr...

British National Antarctic Expedition 1901-1904

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h0nd7 (corporateBody)

Morning (Steam yacht)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65c50x5 (corporateBody)

Mawson, Douglas, Sir, 1882-1958

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6891hkm (person)

Sir Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Antarctic explorer and geologist. Member, Shackleton's expedition, 1907. Leader, Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914. Appointed Professor of Geology, Adelaide University, 1920. Leader, B.A.N.Z. Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-1931. Married 1914 Francisca Adriana (Paquita) Delprat (1891-1974), author of A Vision of Steel (1958) and Mawson of the Antarctic (1964). From the description of Papers of Sir Douglas and Lady Paquita Mawson [manus...

Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pg247d (person)

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

Barne Michael 1877-1961

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6500c55 (person)

British Relief Expeditions 1902-1903 and 1903-1904

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jf9vsb (corporateBody)

Colbeck William 1871 1930

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v84s9d (person)