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Second Motor Sledge Failure

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

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Chronological records

1911

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st31 October 1911

Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

The second motor sledge fails the following day. The four men reorganise their loads and continue south, pulling a single sledge carrying about 740 pounds of supplies.

Names involved

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans Mountevans, 1st

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