Ships plans

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Ships, Quest/Plans
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1921
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1 plan

Scope and Content

  • MS 409;SP Plan, 1921, 1 sheet

Administrative / Biographical History

The Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 1921-1922 (leader Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton) was to sail along previously unvisited stretches of the Antarctic continent. Quest arrived in South Georgia in January 1922 where Shackleton died on 5 January. The expedition continued under John Robert Francis [Frank] Wild's command visiting the South Shetland Islands, Gough Island and Tristan da Cunha. The expedition proved the non-existence of New South Greenland. Shackleton was buried in the whalers' graveyard at Grytviken, South Georgia.

Arrangement

Chronological.