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Last Support Party Return

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

3Records
1912Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1912

Tom Crean4 January 1912

Polar Plateau · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Begins the return journey with Evans and Lashly.

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st4 January 1912

Polar Plateau · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Turns back with Crean and Lashly from 87 degrees south.

William Lashly4 January 1912

Polar Plateau · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Begins the difficult return with Evans and Crean.

Names involved

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1stTom CreanWilliam Lashly

Provenance

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