Douglas, BANZARE

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Eric Douglas/BANZARE
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19 October 1929 to 8 April 1931
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Journal

Scope and Content

  • MS 938/1;BJ Journal, 19 October 1929 to 8 April 1931 [Kept as aviator on board Discovery during two expeditions led by Mawson to Kemp and Enderby Land] holograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, (BANZARE) 1929-1931 (leader Sir Douglas Mawson) made collections on Iles Crozet, Iles Kerguelen and Heard Island. The expedition charted and surveyed the coast and islands from Discovery and a plane. A visit to Kemp Land and Enderby Land proved them to be connected. They met the Norwegian (Christensen) Antarctic Expedition, 1929-1930 (leader Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen) on 14 January 1930, near Cape Ann where 45°E was agreed as a boundary between British and Norwegian activities. The territories claimed for Britain during this expedition became the Australian Antarctic Territories.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds several collections relating to this expedition.