January 1911
Cape Crozier Base Assessment
Scott examines Cape Crozier as a possible base location but abandons the site before establishing winter quarters farther west.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Cape Crozier in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Scott examines Cape Crozier as a possible base location but abandons the site before establishing winter quarters farther west.
Joins the winter journey to collect emperor penguin eggs.
Begins the winter journey to Cape Crozier.
Travels with Wilson and Cherry-Garrard to Cape Crozier.
Bowers endures a violent blizzard during the Cape Crozier winter journey.
Bowers survives the violent Cape Crozier blizzard and helps recover the expedition tent after it is blown away from the party's shelter.
The specimens are preserved despite extreme winter conditions.
Cherry-Garrard helps recover emperor penguin eggs at Cape Crozier after a hazardous journey made in darkness and extreme winter cold.
Wilson's winter party reaches the Cape Crozier rookery and obtains emperor penguin eggs for embryological study.
Secures emperor penguin eggs after extreme hardship.
Collects emperor penguin eggs with Wilson and Bowers at Cape Crozier.
The party's tent is blown away before being recovered.
Provenance
These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Great Britain and Cape Crozier. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.
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