Albert Borlase Armitage—An Appreciation

There is a toast which, in the writer's opinion, ought to be drunk whenever the great deeds of an expedition and its leader are being honoured, and that is “To the Second in Command”. After a few such toasts someone might be moved to write a book on the famous Seconds-in-Command who grace the p...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: F. D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1944
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Shackleton
Crozier
Armitage
Polar Record
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400041735
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400041735
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Summary:There is a toast which, in the writer's opinion, ought to be drunk whenever the great deeds of an expedition and its leader are being honoured, and that is “To the Second in Command”. After a few such toasts someone might be moved to write a book on the famous Seconds-in-Command who grace the pages of polar narrative, and an impressive list it is. To mention but a few there are Crozier for Ross in the early part of last century, Sverdrup for Nansen in the latter part, Frank Wild for Shackleton, and the subject of this note, Armitage, for Scott on his Discovery Expedition, 1901–04.

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