Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917). Ross Sea Party

Date: 25 Jan 1915-10 Jan 1917

By: Wild, Henry Ernest, 1879-1918

Reference: MS-Papers-2407

Description: Diary based on Wild's field diaries kept as a member of the Ross Sea Party under Lieutenant Aeneas MacKintosh. Describe the laying of the Ross Sea and Beardmore Glacier food depots for Shackleton's proposed Trans-Antarctic expedition, after the Aurora was blown out to sea, May 1915. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (53 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 15 Dec 1914-12 Feb 1917

By: Jack, Andrew Keith, 1885-1966

Reference: Micro-MS-0398

Description: Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 470 pages) positive. Physical Description: Holograph (microfilm)

Date: 1964-1966 - 2023

By: Hirst, David, active 2023

Reference: MS-Papers-12906

Description: Collection of papers relating to the 1911-1914 Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Contains: - Unpublished typescript memoir, entitled ‘Magnetic Polar Journey 1912’ by Eric N. Webb, dated 21 March 1965, 24 pages. - Letter from Eric Norman Webb to Alexander Hirst, 26 January 1964. - Envelope addressed to Alex C Hurst Esq. postmarked 26 October 1966. - Computer print containing biographical information about Eric Norman Webb, 2023. Title supplied by Library. David Hirst is the son of Alexander Hirst. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed manuscript, letter, envelope and printout.

Date: 1914-1958

By: Joyce, Ernest Edward Mills, 1875-1940

Reference: MS-Papers-0217

Description: Papers include manuscript transcript of Joyce's log while with the Ross Sea Party on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and the manuscript of his book, `South Polar Trail'. Also brief articles on Antarctica and Antarctic explorers, and bundles of newspaper clippings. Almost all the collection relates to the pre-1930 period, but there are some clippings to 1958. Source of title - Supplied title Other Titles - South polar trail Joyce was with the Ross Sea Party, and on the `Aurora', during Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917. Quantity: 22 folder(s). 0.22 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts and printed matter Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 13 Sep 1915-14 Mar 1916, 18 Jan-8 Mar 1919

By: Mauger, Clarence Charles, 1891-1963

Reference: MS-1623

Description: Details the repairs to the Aurora carried out by Mauger, after the ship had been torn away from its anchorage at Cape Evans, Ross Island Sep 1915. Also describes earlier work, such as the construction of a raft to carry the anchor ashore at Cape Evans. From 1 Mar 1916, the entries record the course of the ship as it headed to New Zealand. Includes diagrams and sketches of damage and repairs, and gives dimensions of the vessel and length of its masts. Also samples of attempt at poetry, and a partial diary of a voyage on an unamed cargo ship crusing in the Central Pacific, 18 Jan-5 Mar 1919. Mauger was carpenter on the Aurora, when it was blown away in September 1915 from its anchorage at Cape Evans, Ross Island, where it was serving to supply the Trans-Antarctic Expedition's Ross Sea Party. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (61 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (23 cm; ¼ black cloth, red marbled boards, in grey phase box) Illustrations and diagrams Processing information: Access statement changed from "Partly restricted - Digital content available only in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room" to "Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original" on 26 October 2022.