Papers [manuscript]. 1901-1913.

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Papers [manuscript]. 1901-1913.

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Six small notebooks containing notes on the sledging trips, invertebrates speciements, summary of monthly meteorology, etc. Six large notebooks with registers of bird observations, general diary of observations, collection register, hydrology station logs, etc. Miscellaneous typescript notes including biological observations, general diary of observations, collection and preservation of specimens, the 1907 Expedition programme for scientific observations. Correspondence on ice formation with Prof. Barnes of McGill University 1910-1911, and other correspondence with scientific bodies. Private correspondence 1901-1913, mainly concerning the loss of Scott and his party. Antarctic photographs; typescript articles on Antarctic subjects.

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Libraries Australia

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