Antarctic vignettes II: The search for S. Tasman, AB, on the Terra Nova, 1903-04

The Tasmanian seaman, Tasman Spaulding, served on the steam-powered wooden barque SY Terra Nova on her 1903-04 voyage to Antarctica. Throughout his life he was beset by official incompetence. The records of his birth, death and marriage all contain mistakes, and a clerical error in 1904 that reverse...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Main Author: Dartnall, HJG
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2008
Subjects:
Royal Society of Tasmania
RST
Van Diemens Land
natural history
science
ecology
taxonomy
botany
zoology
geology
geography
papers & proceedings
Australia
UTAS Library
Antarctic
McNeill
Antarc*
Antarctica
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13283/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13283/4/2008_Dartnall_Antarctic_2.pdf
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Summary:The Tasmanian seaman, Tasman Spaulding, served on the steam-powered wooden barque SY Terra Nova on her 1903-04 voyage to Antarctica. Throughout his life he was beset by official incompetence. The records of his birth, death and marriage all contain mistakes, and a clerical error in 1904 that reversed his first and last names meant he could not be traced. Consequently he never received the bronze Polar Medal awarded for his service as an Able Seaman on the Terra Nova in 1903-04. The medal entitlement of three other crew members Robert Christie, Alexander McNeill and John M. D. Strachan - is challenged.

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