McNeish, Harry, 1874-1930 : Journal of Harry McNeish, carpenter on Shackleton's Endurance expedition

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Title

McNeish, Harry, 1874-1930 : Journal of Harry McNeish, carpenter on Shackleton's Endurance expedition

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Diary accounts by McNeish of the 1914-1916 Trans-Antarctic expedition under the command of Ernest Shackleton. The diary records the departure of the `Endurance', the ship's imprisonment in pack ice in the Weddell Sea, its destruction, the ice and sea journey by the crew to Elephant Island, and the voyage by Shackleton, McNeish and three others to South Georgia in the whale boat `James Caird'. Last pages contain a holograph letter to McNeish from Shackleton, 16 May 1916, written on South Geor...

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Format

Manuscript

Date created

9 Dec 1914-13 May 1916

Creator

McNeish, Harry, 1874-1930

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22375892

Locations

Antarctica / Weddell Sea

Related subjects

Endurance (Ship) / Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1917) / Antarctica / Discovery and exploration / Weddell Sea

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