Antarctic Obsession: A Personal Narrative of the Origins of the the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904An account of the British National Antarctic Expedition of 1901-'04 by Sir Clements Markham, President of the Royal Geographical Society at the time, and organizer of the expedition. Includes information on the history of Antarctic expeditions, maps, photographs, lists and biographies of personnel, instructions, equipment required for the voyage. |
Contents
The Appointments | 13 |
The Departure | 35 |
Antarctic Ship Discovery | 59 |
Copyright | |
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Admiralty Antarctic Regions appointed April Archibald Geikie Arctic Expedition Armitage Bernacchi born Cape Captain Creak Captain Scott Captain Tizard Charlie Royds Civilian Scientific Staff Civilian Staff Commander deep sea Director Dundee engine room Entry crossed Ernest Shackleton Executive Committee Geikie Geologist Gregory Gregory's Hydrographer instructions Joint Committee July June landing party Letters by Morning Lieut Lieutenant Longhurst Longstaff Lord Lyttelton Madeira magnetic observations magnetic observatory Markham's footnote meeting Melbourne Michael Foster month Murray Nares narrative National Antarctic Expedition Navy objects Poulton President Prof Professor Rücker Quadrant R.G.S. Council R.S. Officials Royal Geographical Society Royal Society sail Secretary Shackleton ship Ship's Sir Anthony Hoskins Sir Clements Markham Sir George Goldie Sir James Ross Sir Joseph Hooker Sir Leopold McClintock Sir Michael Foster Sir Vesey Hamilton Skelton Sledge Traveller steam teeth stopped Total travelling Vesey Hamilton Victoria Land voyage Ward Room Wharton William William Huggins winter wrote