Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean
John King Davis captained S.Y. Aurora on three voyages to Antarctica and on other sub-Antarctic cruises for Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 19111914. Between the first and second Antarctic trips, he made a short return cruise in 1912 from Melbourne to Eden in southeastern Aus...
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ftunivtasecite:oai:ecite.utas.edu.au:72526 2023-05-15T14:02:30+02:00 Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean Lucas, A Kriwoken, L Leane, E 2011 application/pdf https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000690 http://ecite.utas.edu.au/72526 en eng Cambridge University Press http://ecite.utas.edu.au/72526/1/72526_RODA.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000690 Lucas, A and Kriwoken, L and Leane, E, Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean, Polar Record, 47, (243) pp. 356-370. ISSN 0032-2474 (2011) [Refereed Article] http://ecite.utas.edu.au/72526 History and Archaeology Historical Studies Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) Refereed Article PeerReviewed 2011 ftunivtasecite https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247410000690 2019-12-13T21:39:49Z John King Davis captained S.Y. Aurora on three voyages to Antarctica and on other sub-Antarctic cruises for Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 19111914. Between the first and second Antarctic trips, he made a short return cruise in 1912 from Melbourne to Eden in southeastern Australia with the Director of Commonwealth Fisheries, on the fisheries investigation steamship, F.I.S. Endeavour . This cruise was a milestone in his continuing training for the AAEs oceanographic work. Davis went not as captain, but as an observer. His aim was to gain greater knowledge of operating techniques when using oceanographic research equipment and to apply that knowledge to observations on forthcoming voyages with Aurora . He kept abbreviated notes of the research conducted on Endeavour , and of his visit to Eden, in a small pocket notebook. These informal observations, apparently made just for his own future reference, give us a glimpse of the 28 year old Davis. He has often been portrayed in a negative light, but here his personal notes reveal an experienced seaman, temporarily freed from responsibilities of captaincy and navigation, hard working, keen to acquire new skills on board and sociable when ashore. His subsequent work on Aurora , using the skills he acquired on this trip, resulted in significant contributions to the scientific reports of the AAE, including the discovery of an extensive elevation in the sea floor south of Tasmania, now known as the South Tasman Rise. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Polar Record Southern Ocean eCite UTAS (University of Tasmania) Antarctic Endeavour ENVELOPE(162.000,162.000,-76.550,-76.550) Freed ENVELOPE(164.333,164.333,-71.483,-71.483) South Tasman Rise ENVELOPE(148.000,148.000,-47.500,-47.500) Southern Ocean Polar Record 47 04 356 370 |
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John King Davis captained S.Y. Aurora on three voyages to Antarctica and on other sub-Antarctic cruises for Douglas Mawsons Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 19111914. Between the first and second Antarctic trips, he made a short return cruise in 1912 from Melbourne to Eden in southeastern Australia with the Director of Commonwealth Fisheries, on the fisheries investigation steamship, F.I.S. Endeavour . This cruise was a milestone in his continuing training for the AAEs oceanographic work. Davis went not as captain, but as an observer. His aim was to gain greater knowledge of operating techniques when using oceanographic research equipment and to apply that knowledge to observations on forthcoming voyages with Aurora . He kept abbreviated notes of the research conducted on Endeavour , and of his visit to Eden, in a small pocket notebook. These informal observations, apparently made just for his own future reference, give us a glimpse of the 28 year old Davis. He has often been portrayed in a negative light, but here his personal notes reveal an experienced seaman, temporarily freed from responsibilities of captaincy and navigation, hard working, keen to acquire new skills on board and sociable when ashore. His subsequent work on Aurora , using the skills he acquired on this trip, resulted in significant contributions to the scientific reports of the AAE, including the discovery of an extensive elevation in the sea floor south of Tasmania, now known as the South Tasman Rise. |
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Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean |
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Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean |
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Captain John King Davis on F.I.S. Endeavour : Preparing for Oceanographic Work in the Southern Ocean |
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captain john king davis on f.i.s. endeavour : preparing for oceanographic work in the southern ocean |
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