- MS 1591/14/1;D Contract of employment between Norman Erlend Mooney and the Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition, 16 December 1921, 4 leaves, typescript
Mooney, Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
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- ReferenceGB 15 Norman Mooney/Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic Expedition
- Dates of Creation16 December 1921
- Name of Creator
- Physical DescriptionContract
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.