- MS 1619/10/1-17;D Letters (15) to Robert Selbie Clark, July to August 1921 [Regarding the appointment of a biologist to accompany the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition] 20 leaves, holograph
- MS 1619/17;D Miscellaneous notes and lists, 1921 [Regarding expenses and biology work] 9 leaves, holograph
- MS 1619/18;D Newspaper cuttings, 1921, 5 leaves
Clark, Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge
- Reference
- GB 15 Robert Selbie Clark/Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
- Dates of Creation
- 1921
- Name of Creator
- Physical Description
- Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings
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.