Leo Cotton collection 1908

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...

Cotton Leo Arthur 1883-1963

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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...

England Rupert 1878-1942

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Leo Arthur Cotton

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Leo Arthur Cotton was born on 11 November 1883 at Nymagee, New South Wales, Australia. He was educated at Fort Street School and Sydney University. He joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton), assisting with the preliminary work of the expedition before departing for New Zealand in Nimrod on 22 February 1908. On his return, he joined the staff of the University of Sydney and, in 1925, succeeded Tannatt Edgeworth David as profess...