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Navigation, coastal survey, resupply and relief voyages in the Ross Sea. This page combines historical context with 12 matching records drawn directly from the World History Database Terra Nova archive.
Historical context
After landing the shore party, Terra Nova continued to support scientific, survey and resupply work under officers including Harry Pennell and Edward Evans. The ship moved field parties, stores and relief personnel through difficult ice conditions.
The expedition depended on Terra Nova as a mobile logistical platform. Ship operations linked Cape Evans with field parties, New Zealand and the wider Ross Sea programme.
World History Database records
The records below are selected from the 89-record Terra Nova archive and rendered as static HTML in chronological order.
Discovery Expedition
While the Morning is refitted for another relief voyage, this time organised by the Admiralty rather than the Royal Geographical Society, she sails south again in November, in company with a second relief ship, Terra Nova.
Cape Town Ship Operations
Evans supervises shipboard duties while Terra Nova calls at Cape Town on the outward voyage.
Terra Nova Grounding
Terra Nova briefly grounds near Cape Evans while manoeuvring around the ice edge.
Terra Nova Leaves Winter Quarters
Pennell takes Terra Nova away from Cape Evans to continue ship operations and return toward New Zealand.
Amundsen Base Reconnaissance
Pennell's shipboard party gathers direct information about the Norwegian expedition at the Bay of Whales.
Amundsen Expedition Encounter
Pennell's shipboard party meets members of the Norwegian expedition.
Fram Found at Bay of Whales
Terra Nova reaches the Bay of Whales and finds Amundsen's Fram.
Antarctic Coastal Survey
Commands Terra Nova during coastal survey and resupply operations.
Terra Nova Scientific Cruise
Supports charting and scientific observations around the Ross Sea.
Second Relief Voyage Arrives
The ship brings supplies and additional transport animals.
Terra Nova Returns to Cape Evans
Terra Nova returns to Cape Evans during the expedition's second season.
Terra Nova Returns to Cardiff
Brings Terra Nova back to Cardiff after the Antarctic expedition.
Editorial provenance
Compiled and edited by World History Database.
Historical context is editorial material; the chronology is generated from World History Database Terra Nova records.
Last reviewed: September 2026.
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