Bulwer-Lytton, correspondence

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

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Edith Bulwer-Lytton/Correspondence
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1 February 1913
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • Letter

Scope and Content

  • MS 559/88;D Letter to Evelyn Cherry-Garrard, 1 February 1913 [Regarding the news from the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913] 1 leaf, autograph

Administrative / Biographical History

The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) spent two winters at Cape Evans on Ross Island. Extensive scientific investigations and exploration was conducted along the coast of Victoria Land and on the Ross Ice Shelf. After successfully reaching the South Pole on 17 January 1912 Scott and his companions (Henry Bowers, Edgar Evans, Lawrence Oates and Edward Wilson) perished during the return journey.

Evelyn Cherry-Garrard's son Apsley served as assistant zoologist during the expedition.

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds over a hundred archival collections containing material relating to this expedition see SPRI collection GB 015 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.