Davis, John King, 1884-1967 : Log book of the Nimrod on a voyage from Lyttelton to the Antarctic, commanded by R G England

Log kept by the First Mate of the Nimrod, includes the list of crew members together with the signatures of members of the British Antarctic Expedition, the towing by the Koonya, description of ship activities, the ice shelf, the unloading and setting up of the expedition, and the voyage back to Lyttelton. Includes detailed meteorological and other observations.

The Nimrod, the ship for the British Antarctic Expedition under Ernest Shackleton, in order to conserve fuel, was towed to Antarctic waters by the cargo carrier, Koonya. After leaving the Koonya, the Nimrod sailed to McMurdo Sound, unloaded the expedition and its supplies at Cape Royds, and returned to Lyttelton under its own steam.

Source of title - Transcribed

Relationship complexity - QMS-0605 was acquired along with qMS-0606, which details the return sailing to pick up the Expedition.

Quantity: 1 volume(s) (138 pages).

Physical Description: Holograph (32 cm; ½ blue calf, blue buckram case)

Provenance: The logs were acquired by Sir Joseph Kinsey, Shackleton's agent in New Zealand.

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.

Alternative form available: Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0733