The Occurrence of Glossopteris in the Beacon Sandstone of Ferrar Glacier, South Victoria Land

1928 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 323-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. N. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
South Pole ◽  
Fossil Plants ◽  
The South ◽  
Geological Age ◽  
Victoria Land ◽  
Antarctic Expedition

The presence of members of the Glossopteris flora in Antarctica was first attested by the material collected from Mount Buckley by Dr. Wilson and Lieut. Bowers on Capt. Scott's last expedition to the South Pole. and the now famous specimens were described by Professor A. C. Seward (1914). Traces of fossil plants in Antarctica, were, however, first discovered by Mr. H. T. Ferrar, a member of the National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–1904, and were briefly described by Arber (1907), who reported, on some specimens from the Ferrar Glacier, that “several of these show fair-sized carbonaceous impressions or markings, which in all probability are of vegetable origin”. The evidence presented by this unpromising material did not “permit of any opinion as to the botanical nature or affinities of the fossils themselves, nor of the geological age of the beds in which they occur” (Arber, 1907, p. 48). Professor Seward examined the specimens and agreed with this conclusion (1914, p. 2).

scholarly journals A preliminary note on the fossil plants of the Mount Potts beds New Zealand, collected by Mr. D. G. Lillie, Biologist to Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedition in the “Terra Nova.”

1913 ◽  
Vol 86 (588) ◽  
pp. 344-347 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fossil Flora ◽  
Fossil Plants ◽  
Preliminary Note ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Scientific Staff ◽  
Geological Age ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Terra Nova ◽  
Geological Work

In the present communication, I propose to discuss very briefly the first fruits, which have reached this country, of Captain Scott’s Second Antarctic Expedition (1910-13). A full account of the fossil flora in question must be reserved for a future occasion. At present I have only permission to contribute a preliminary note on the subject. It is well known that, during the winter months of the last two years, the “Terra Nova,” the ship of Captain Scott’s Second Antarctic Expedition, has been actively engaged in furthering scientific researches in New Zealand waters, returning, however, to the Antarctic each summer. My friend, Mr. D. G. Lillie, B. A., of St. John’s College, Cambridge, one of the biologists of Captain Scott’s Scientific Staff, who has been attached throughout to the “Terra Nova,” has been busily occupied with various researches, partly biological and partly geological. During the short periods when he has been free to proceed with geological work, he has set himself the task of trying to clear up some of the doubtful points, which remain unsolved, in regard to the stratigraphical geology of New Zealand, more especially by means of the fossil floras of the rocks in question. As is well known, the precise geological age of many subdivisions of the stratigraphical sequence of these islands remains in doubt, and in some cases these questions have been matters of keen dispute in the past as at the present time. Among them, none has given rise to greater controversy than the doubt which has existed as to the precise geological age of the plant beds of Mount Potts, in Ashburton County, Canterbury. Do these beds contain Glossopteris , and perhaps a typical Permo-Carboniferous Glossopteris flora? Did New Zealand, as one would expect, in Permo Carboniferous times form part of the great Southern continent, “Gondwanaland,” the home of the Glossopteris flora, like the greater part of Australia, South Africa, and South America? These are the questions as yet in doubt. If, on the other hand, New Zealand, in Permo-Carboniferous times, formed no part of Gondwanaland, we are obviously face to face with a conclusion of the greatest geological importance. This is one of the questions which Mr. Lillie has set himself the task of solving.

The dogs of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911–1914

Polar Record ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beau Riffenburgh
Keyword(s):  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
The Individual

ABSTRACTFifty dogs were ordered from Greenland for use on Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914). Twenty-one more were later donated to the expedition by Roald Amundsen, when he reached Hobart after his successful attainment of the South Pole. Numerous pups were born during the expedition. This note gives the details of the individual dogs during the expedition, including their names (and why they were so named), descriptions (when known), and fates.

Why didn't they ask Evans?: a response to Karen May

Polar Record ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris S.M. Turney
Keyword(s):  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Ice Shelf ◽  
Ross Ice Shelf ◽  
Geographical Society ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Early Departure ◽  
The Uk

In ’Why didn't they ask Evans?’ (Turney, 2017), I draw together previously unpublished sources and new analyses of published material to cast further light on the circumstances that led to the fatal events surrounding the return of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's Polar Party on the British Antarctic Expedition (BAE, 1911–1913). Of particular importance are the notes on the meeting between the Royal Geographical Society's President Lord Curzon and the widows Kathleen Scott and Oriana Wilson in April 1913, which explicitly identify Lieutenant Edward ‘Teddy’ Evans as having removed food that exceeded his allocation as a member of the Last Supporting Party (Curzon, 1913), the establishment and almost immediate closure of a ‘Committee of Enquiry’ chaired by Lord Curzon (Beaumont, 1913a, b, c; Cherry-Garrard, 1913a; Darwin, 1913; Goldie, 1913), the recognition of missing food at key depots by the returning Polar Party on the 7, 24 and 27 February 1912 (Scott, 1913a; Wilson, 1912), Evans’ anger at not being selected as a member of the Polar Party and his early departure home (Evans, 1912), the revised timeline of when Evans fell down with scurvy on the Ross Ice Shelf to apparently align with when and where the food was removed (The Advertiser, 3 April 1912, Adelaide: 10) (Cherry-Garrard, 1922; Ellis, 1969; Evans, 1912, 1913a, 1943; Lashly, 1912; Scott, 1913a, 1913b), Evans’ failure to ensure Scott's orders regarding the return of the dog sledging teams had been acted on (Cherry-Garrard, 1922; Gran, 1961; Hattersley-Smith & McGhie, 1984) and the misunderstanding amongst senior Royal Geographical Society members during Evans’ recuperation in the UK that Apsley Cherry-Garrard ‘was to meet the South Pole party, with two teams of dogs, at the foot of the [Beardmore] glacier’ (Markham, 1913). I would like to thank May (2018) for her comment and acknowledge that Edward Wilson's sketchbooks of the expedition's logistics, scientific priorities, sketches and notes on the BAE comprise entries from 1911–1912 and not solely from 1912, which Turney (2017) used to denote the year of the last entry.

XVI.—The Schizopoda, Stomatopoda, and non-Antarctic Isopoda of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition

1914 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter M. Tattersall
Keyword(s):  
Present Report ◽  
British Museum ◽  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Small Collection ◽  
The Antarctic

The present report deals with the whole of the Schizopoda and Stomatopoda in the Scotia collections, and with those Isopoda which were taken in localities outside the limits of Antarctica. I am indebted to the courtesy of Dr W. S. Bruce for the opportunity of examining and reporting on these collections. The report on the Antarctic Isopoda is being prepared by Mr T. V. Hodgson.I also include a few notes on a small collection of Schizopoda which were taken by the Discovery on its outward journey to the South Pole, for the opportunity of examining which I am indebted to the kindness of Dr W. T. Calman, of the British Museum. These latter records are most appropriately included here along with those of the species which the Scotia captured on her outward journey, over very nearly the same ground.

Introduzione. Scienza, esplorazione ed eroismo: Robert Falcon Scott al Polo Sud

2012 ◽  
pp. 5-15
Author(s):  
Nicoletta Brazzelli
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Scientific Exploration ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Polar Research Institute ◽  
Return Journey ◽  
The Antarctic

The centenary of Scott’s arrival at the South Pole in 1912 and of his tragic death during the return journey has been celebrated through exhibitions and conferences, while a general reassessment of Scott’s figure has been provided by several scholars. In particular, the scientific role of the 1910-12 British Antarctic expedition is now emphasized: Scott’s aim was not only to reach the Pole but especially to collect data and geological specimens of a completely unknown continent. This introduction focuses on the scientific dimension of Scott’s enterprise, giving special attention to the role of photography, employed during the expedition as a tool of scientific exploration, and to the crucial impact of photographs on the modern perception of the Antarctic. Another important point concerns the Scott Polar Research Institute (Cambridge, UK), founded in 1920 to commemorate Scott, that laid the foundations of Polar studies and pioneered scientific research throughout the twentieth century.

Heroic age geology in Victoria Land, Antarctica

Polar Record ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (134) ◽  
pp. 451-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Tingey
Keyword(s):  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Investigations ◽  
Basic Framework ◽  
Victoria Land ◽  
Geological Work

In the heroic age of Antarctic exploration—the first 15 or so years of this century (Hayes 1932)—scientific investigations took second place, at least in the public eye, to geographical exploration and its offshoot, the race to the South Pole. Nevertheless important geological discoveries were made and the basic framework of Antarctic geology was mapped out. This article describes briefly the geological work and the geologists of the expeditions that explored Victoria Land between 1900 and 1912, with a note on the significance of the geological specimens found with the bodies of Scott, Wilson and Bowers in 1912.

scholarly journals Why didn't they ask Evans?

Polar Record ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 498-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris S. M. Turney
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
South Pole ◽  
The South ◽  
Antarctic Expedition

ABSTRACTArguably the best known scientific Antarctic venture was the British Antarctic Expedition of 1911–1913 led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott. Whilst the so-called race to the geographic South Pole with Roald Amundsen's Norwegian Antarctic expedition excited international interest, the tragic death of Scott and his returning Polar Party was a striking reminder of the hazards of operating in the south. Recent work has highlighted the possible role expedition second-in-command Lieutenant Edward ‘Teddy’ Evans played in the deaths of Scott and his men. Here I report newly discovered documents which, when placed in a wider context, raise significant questions over Evans’ behaviour during the expedition. The evidence focuses on the shortage of food at key depots, the apparently deliberate obfuscation of when Evans fell down with scurvy and the failure to pass on orders given by Scott. It is concluded that Evans actions on and off the ice can at best be described as ineffectual, at worst deliberate sabotage. Why Evans was not questioned more about these events on his return to England remains unknown.

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