Letter from Ernest Shackleton to Captain Howson.
A letter written on official 'Discovery Antarctic Expedition 1901' headed paper from Ernest Shackleton to Captain Howson, dated 30 September 1902, addressed from Winter Quarters, Mount Erebus. The accompanying envelope is addressed to Captain J. Howson, R.N.R. and was sent via the Antarctic Relief Ship 'from Discovery'. The London postmark is dated 18th May (19)03.
This collection also Includes a small photograph possibly of Shackleton, a note with a prayer written on it and a modern envelope which notes 'Shackleton's letter to your Grandfather 1902'.
Administrative / biographical background
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, the new expedition aimed to carry out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly.
This collection also Includes a small photograph possibly of Shackleton, a note with a prayer written on it and a modern envelope which notes 'Shackleton's letter to your Grandfather 1902'.
Administrative / biographical background
The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier. Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the Royal Geographical Society, the new expedition aimed to carry out scientific research and geographical exploration in what was then largely an untouched continent. It launched the Antarctic careers of many who would become leading figures in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, including Robert Falcon Scott who led the expedition, Ernest Shackleton, Edward Wilson, Frank Wild, Tom Crean and William Lashly.
Record Details
| Item reference: | AGC/S/26; MSS/88/096.0 MSS/88/096 MS1988/096 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Extent: | 1 folder: 5 items |
| Date made: | 1902-01-01 - ?; 1902-09-30 1902 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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