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First Supporting Party Turns North

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1911Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1911

Edward Leicester Atkinson21 December 1911

Beardmore Glacier · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Atkinson turns back with the first four-man supporting party from the Beardmore Glacier.

Apsley Cherry-Garrard21 December 1911

Beardmore Glacier · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Cherry-Garrard begins the return journey after his supporting party is ordered back.

Patrick Keohane21 December 1911

Beardmore Glacier · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Keohane joins Atkinson, Cherry-Garrard and Wright in the first supporting party ordered back.

Names involved

Apsley Cherry-GarrardEdward Leicester AtkinsonPatrick Keohane

Provenance

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