Shackleton, Oxford University Expedition to Ellesmere Island,1934

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Shackleton, Oxford University Expedition to Ellesmere Island,1934
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1934-1935
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Diary, journals, reports

Scope and Content

  • MS 1603/12;BJ Pocket diary, 4 August 1934 to 15 August 1934, 1 volume, holograph
  • MS 667/8;BJ Eskimo vocabulary book, 1934-1935 [In three columns] holograph
  • MS 667/10;BJ Stores lists, 1934-1935 [For sledging rations] 6 leaves
  • MS 667/7;BJ Notebook, 1934 to 1935 [Temperature recordings, winter at Etah (North-western Greenland)] 1 volume, holograph
  • MS 667/6/1-2;BJ Journals (2), 1935 [Contains only occasional entries] 2 volumes, holograph
  • MS 667/9;BJ List of base supplies, 11 leaves, holograph
  • MS 1603/29;D List, undated [Dogs used for the expedition and a list of miscellaneous names and contacts] holograph
  • MS 1603/33;D Instruction for the use of the short wave radio used on the expedition, undated, holograph
  • MS 1603/34;D Exploration Club report and report on rations, undated, typescript
  • MS 1603/37;D Manuscripts of articles and radio programmes about the Ellesmere Land expedition, undated, typescript

Administrative / Biographical History

The Oxford University Ellesmere Island Expedition,1934-1935 (leader Noel Humphreys) surveyed and undertook geological work in the Bache Peninsular area.

Arrangement

Chronological

Related Material

The Institute holds an archival collection for relating to the Ellesmere Island Expedition