Antarctic exploration yesterday and today

On 1 January 19081 left New Zealand for Antarctica with Ernest Shackleton, in a 220-ton barquentine with auxiliary engines of 40 horse-power. Two years later, on a 750 ton barque—the Terra Nova —I left again with Scott on his famous but ill-fated journey during which the South Pole was actually reac...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Polar Record
Main Author: Priestley, Raymond
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1960
Subjects:
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
Ecology
Geography, Planning and Development
Antarctic
Shackleton
New Zealand
South Pole
Britannia
Antarc*
Antarctica
Polar Record
South pole
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400050543
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400050543

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