Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13
Abstract Horses were first used in Antarctica when eight Manchurian ponies provided support for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Scott's British Antarctic ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition (1910–13) used 17 ponies during its first year, and seven Indian mules in the following sea...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400019823 2024-03-03T08:37:31+00:00 Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13 Harrowfield, D. L. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019823 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400019823 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 27, issue 160, page 23-28 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1991 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400019823 2024-02-08T08:28:44Z Abstract Horses were first used in Antarctica when eight Manchurian ponies provided support for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Scott's British Antarctic ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition (1910–13) used 17 ponies during its first year, and seven Indian mules in the following season. This paper presents new information on the mules, which suffered severely from the effects of an unbalanced diet and low temperatures. They were the last horses ever used to support an Antarctic expedition. In January 1989 when the stables of Scott's hut at Cape Evans were reclad and cleared of ice by a working party from the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme), artefacts relating to their occupancy by Manchurian ponies and Indian mules were located. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Record Scott's Hut Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Indian New Zealand Cape Evans ENVELOPE(161.550,161.550,-75.100,-75.100) Polar Record 27 160 23 28 |
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Abstract Horses were first used in Antarctica when eight Manchurian ponies provided support for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Scott's British Antarctic ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition (1910–13) used 17 ponies during its first year, and seven Indian mules in the following season. This paper presents new information on the mules, which suffered severely from the effects of an unbalanced diet and low temperatures. They were the last horses ever used to support an Antarctic expedition. In January 1989 when the stables of Scott's hut at Cape Evans were reclad and cleared of ice by a working party from the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme), artefacts relating to their occupancy by Manchurian ponies and Indian mules were located. |
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Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13 |
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Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13 |
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