Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the QuestWild, Frank
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Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest
Wild, Frank
Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British; Quest (Ship); Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922
Zavodovski Island, 85-87, 318, 334, 347
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FOOTNOTES
[1] Captain and chief purser respectively of the _Aquitania_.
[2] The papers at the time made much of this gale. It was,
however, little more than a strong blow and a zephyr compared
with what we were to experience before our return to these same
latitudes on our homeward run.
[3] On our return to England we learned that this beautiful ship
had become a total wreck on the Great Barrier Reef of Australia.
[4] An expression of Jeffrey’s.
[5] Referring to a conspicuously placed cross set up by the crew
of the _Deutschland_ to one of their members who had died there.
[6] Adaptation from Tennyson’s lines on Franklin.
[7] Clothing stores.
[8] On leaving South Georgia, I had moved into Sir Ernest’s cabin,
and McIlroy took my old one. Both cabins opened on to the waist of
the ship, and were consequently frequently flooded with the heavy
seas which rushed to and fro there.
[9] First officer of the _Endurance_.
[10] Referring to a telegram sent by Sir Robert Baden-Powell
to Sir Ernest Shackleton just as we were leaving England to the
effect that if the Scouts did not serve him well he would “skin
them alive” on their return.
[11] For the substitution of the adjective I apologize to the
entrant.
[12] A sea term, meaning that we filled the tanks full to the top.
[13] Dr. Macklin’s account.
[14] Dr. Macklin’s account.
[15] I learn on going to press that H.M.S. _Dublin_ is to visit
the island in the near future.
[16] W. T. Gordon, D.Sc., King’s College, London.
[17] Renard (A). Voyage of H.M.S. _Challenger_, Phys. and Chem.,
Vol. ii, 1889, p. 120.
[18] Berwerth (F). Mikroskopische Structurbilder der
Massengesteine, Lief II, No 16 (1897).
[19] Mr. Clark, the biologist of the _Endurance_, found them
nesting in burrows in the middle of Moraine Plain, Cumberland Bay.
[20] Mr. Clark found them in numbers at Larsen Harbour in
November, 1914.
[21] Mr. Clark, of the _Endurance_, saw a few in West Bay,
Cumberland Bay, in November, 1914.
[22] “Three Years on Tristan da Cunha,” by K. M. Barrow.
[23] A complete and interesting report has been received at
the last moment from Capt. Wilkins, too late to go to press.
It is hoped that this will be published separately at an early
date.—AUTHOR.
[24] Anti-beri-beri.
[25] As events turned out, dogs were not used in the _Quest_
expedition, but the writer has decided to include this point in
his observations.
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