Sir Raymond Priestley collection 1907-1974

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...

John Biscoe (Ship)

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Abbott George d 1923

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Sir Raymond Edward Priestley

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Epithet: Vice-Chancellor Birmingham University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000328 Raymond Edward Priestley was born in 1886. He was educated at Tewkesbury Grammar School and read botany and geology at Bristol University College. He joined the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton) as a geologist. He took part in the sledging programme, working under Pr...

Dickason, Harry, 1885-1943

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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...

Cherry-Garrard, Apsley, 1886-1959

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A. Cherry-Garrard, 1886-1959, was the assistant zoologist on the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, led by Captain R. F. Scott. From the description of Scientific notes [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225809723 ...

United States Antarctic Expedition Operation Deep Freeze IV 1958

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Wild John Robert Francis 1873-1939

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British Royal Cruise Southern Ocean 1856-1957

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Browning Frank b 1882

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British Antarctic Expedition (1898-1900)

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Britannia (Yacht : 1893-1936)

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Campbell, Victor, 1875-1956

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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 ...

Staten Island (Ship)

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Mill, Hugh Robert, 1861-1950

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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...

Levick George Murray 1876-1956

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David, T. W. Edgeworth (Tannatt William Edgeworth), 1858-1934

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Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David was Professor of Geology and Palaeontology at the University of Sydney from 1891 to 1924. From the description of Geological chart, [1930?] [manuscript]. [1930?] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 505958091 Geologist. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225763397 Geologist. Worked for the NSW Government Geological Survey 1882-1891; Professor of Geology and Phy...

Priestley, Raymond E. (Raymond Edward), 1886-1974

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University of Melbourne.

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