Grant, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 William Robert Ogilvie-Grant/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19 November 1913 - 11 June 1916
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Circa 2 letters, 1 postcard

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/72/1-3;D Letters (2) and postcard to Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 19 November 1913 to 11 July 1916 [Regarding the penguin notes and specimens] 3 leaves, autograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The correspondence relates to the emperor penguin specimens gathered by Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers and Apsley Cherry-Garrard during the winter journey to the Cape Crozier emperor penguin rookery, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds several archival collections relating to the winter journey, see GB 015 Apsley Cherry-Garrard and GB 015 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.

Bibliography

The journey to the Cape Crozier rookery is told in The worst journey in the world by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, first published in 1922.