- MS 1480;D Diary, 1 January 1908 to 4 March 1909, 173 leaves, typed manuscript (Xerox)
Mackintosh, British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 Æneas Mackintosh/British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
- Dates of Creation
- 1 January 1908 to 4 March 1909
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- Diary
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton) sailed south on board Nimrod. A shore party of 15 set up base on the Antarctic continent; they discovered nearly 500km of the Transantarctic Mountains flanking the Ross Ice Shelf. A party climbed Mount Erebus (3794 m), Ross Island. A southern party consisting of Shackleton, Jameson Adams, Eric Marshall and Frank Wild found a route up the Beardmore Glacier and sledged to within 180km of the pole.
A second party sledged to he region of the South Magnetic pole and exploration of the area around the Ferrar Glacier was also conducted.
Arrangement
Chronological