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I. Diary, 17 September 1921-13 August 1922. Kept on board the Quest, includes description of progress of ship, the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton, 5 January 1922, contemporary press cuttings and a sketch presumably of the Quest. MS. and printed. II. Letters to, 1907-1910. A. From Captain R. Scott, 12 December 1908-29 January 1910, re Dell's Prospects and affairs. B. From Dr E.A. Wilson, 20 March-20 April 1909. C. From F. Wild, 12 October 1907.

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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...

Dell, James William.

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J.W. Dell was one of three survivors of Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, and a member of Sir Ernest Shackleton's Quest expedition, 1921-1922. Between expeditions he served in the Royal Navy, saw action off the Dardanelles and served in the Harwich Flotilla in the 1914-1918 War. He was Chief Petty Officer on the Quest. From the description of Papers. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225766162 ...

Quest (Ship)

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