G Foster Pedley collection 1907

Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Epithet: Norwegian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000249 Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman, was noted for his Arctic expedition of 1893-1896, travelling closer to the North Pole than anyone had reached and using his specially-built vessel "Fram" to demonstrate the revolutionary concept of pack-ice drift. Frederick Sydney Parry was the grandson of Arctic explo...

Barne Michael 1877-1961

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Day Bernard C. b 1884

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Howard de Walden John Osmael Scott-Ellis 1912-1999 9th Baron

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Skelton, Reginald William, 1872-1956

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Reginald William Skelton was born in Lincolnshire in 1872. He was a senior engineer in the Royal Navy, serving on board HMS Majestic with Robert Falcon Scott, when he joined the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (led by Scott), as the ship's chief engineer. He supervised the fitting-out of the expedition ship Discovery and took part in several sledge journeys during the expedition, discovering the first known breeding place of emperor penguins while sledging to Cape C...

Charcot Jean-Baptiste 1876-1936

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British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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Pedley G Foster

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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 ...

G Foster Pedley

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During the spring of 1907 G Foster Pedley corresponded with Robert Falcon Scott regarding the design and use of motor sledges for polar exploration. Scott was to take motor sledges with him on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. From the guide to the G Foster Pedley collection, 1907, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) ...

Abbott George d 1923

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