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

• 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

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...