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Motor Party Departure

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

6Records
1911Date range
5Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1911

Bernard Day24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Day departs with the experimental motor sledges as part of the advance southern transport party.

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Evans leads the Motor Party south ahead of the main expedition to move supplies toward the polar route.

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Leaves first with motor sledges and supplies.

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Evans leads the advance motor party onto the Barrier ahead of the main southern expedition.

Frederick Hooper24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Hooper joins the advance motor party carrying supplies for the following southern groups.

William Lashly24 October 1911

Cape Evans · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Lashly travels south with the motor party and takes responsibility for one of the tracked machines.

Names involved

Bernard DayEdward Ratcliffe Garth Russell EvansEdward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1stFrederick HooperWilliam Lashly

Provenance

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