William Olliffe collection 1923

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William Olliffe collection 1923

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb15-williamolliffe

Correspondence (3 leaves)

eng,

Scott Polar Research Institute

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SNAC Resource ID: 6285992

Scott Polar Research Institute

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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...

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Wild John Robert Francis 1873-1939

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