Papers on Antarctic exploration [manuscript].

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Papers on Antarctic exploration [manuscript].

I. Papers of Commander F. A. Worsley, 1916-1937 A. Journal, 1922, with description in back of part of voyage with Shackleton, April, 1916, from the ice-broken Endurance in the Weddell Sea to Elephant Is. B. Log book of the Quest Sep. 1921 - June 1922. C. Pages of cypher log of the Quest 28 May - 2 June 1922. Also maps at M Ser. 4000/1 ML MSS 1334, 1- 2. II. Papers of J. W. S. Marr, 1921-1944, including letter to Mrs. Marr, mother of J. W. S. Marr, from Sir Ernest Shackleton, and appointment of Marr as Acting Magistrate for Graham land, 27th Jan. 1944. III. Daily Mirror, 21 May, 1913, concerning chiefly last expedition of Captain Scott. The collection includes pictorial material (Pic. Acc 894).

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Marr, J. W. S. (James William Slessor)

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Commander F. A. Wersley accompanied Shackleton on the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1917, and on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition, 1921-1922. The papers were formerly in the possession of J. W. S. Marr, a member of the latter expedition. From the description of Papers on Antarctic exploration [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225793954 ...