- MS 1591/31/1;D Notes for the lecture, undated [The Story of the Quest] 8 leaves, holograph
- MS 1591/31/2;D Account, 15 January 1922 to 8 April 1922 [Voyage from leaving Leith Harbour, South Georgia addressed to The Daily Mail] 3 leaves, typescript
- MS 1591/32/1;D Pamphlet to accompany The Story of the Quest, a lecture by Wild at the Queens Hall, Lang ham Place, 27 and 30 November 1922, 1 leaf
- MS 1591/32/2;D Newspaper article, 2 December 1922 [In to the Antarctic, Boston Evening Post] 2 leaves, typescript
Wild, Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 John Robert Francis Wild/Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
- Dates of Creation
- 1921-1922
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- 14 leaves
Scope and Content
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