James Murray collection 1910-1913

Canadian Arctic Expedition (1913-1918)

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With the goal of finding a continent north of the Canadian Archipelago, Vilhjalmur Stefansson organized the Canadian Arctic Expedition. Stefansson had already distinguished himself as an explorer and ethnologist by spending 18 months with the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta, learning their language and customs during the Anglo-American expedition of 1906-1907. Furthermore, during an expedition from 1908 to 1912, he made notoriety by discovering a group of fair-haired natives on Victoria Island that...

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...

Shackleton Emily Mary 1868-1936

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Murray, James, 1865-

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Rudmose-Brown Robert Neal 1879-1954

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Bruce, William S. (William Speirs), 1867-1921

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William Speirs Bruce was born in London of Scottish parents in 1867. He was educated at Norfolk County School, England and enrolled as a medical student at the University of Edinburgh, where renowned Scottish physicists, chemists and oceanographers supervised him. In 1892, he was recommended for the post of surgeon and naturalist on board Balaena during the British Whaling Exploration (Dundee), 1892-1893. The expedition was organized to investigate the commercial possibilities of wh...

Murray, James

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Epithet: 2nd son of David, 5th Viscount Stormont; styled Earl of Dunbar British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00031b Epithet: Assistant-Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00027d Epithet: afterwards MP for county Wigtown British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue ...