Antarctic vignettes VIII: Unsung heroes — researching the crew of the S.Y. Aurora 1911–1914.

The Steam Yacht Aurora made three voyages to the Antarctic and two to the sub-Antarctic during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 1911–1914. All told, 56 men served as members of the crew on these voyages. Most served on one or two voyages only, with just five men (four officers and one sea...

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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: 2014
Subjects:
210000 Science - General
260100 Geology
crew
S.Y. Aurora
Australasian Antarctic Expedition
The Royal Society of Tasmania
natural history
science
papers & proceedings
Australia
Antarctic
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23200/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23200/7/02%20_Dartnall.pdf
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Summary:The Steam Yacht Aurora made three voyages to the Antarctic and two to the sub-Antarctic during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE) 1911–1914. All told, 56 men served as members of the crew on these voyages. Most served on one or two voyages only, with just five men (four officers and one seaman) serving on all five. While the officers are reasonably well documented many of the seamen remain unknown though recent research has uncovered details of some of these unsung heroes of the AAE.

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