Ross Sea party
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The Ross Sea party was a support group of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition tasked with laying vital supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf for Ernest Shackleton’s planned crossing of Antarctica.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Antarctic expedition support group
ⓘ
historical expedition party ⓘ |
| achievement | completed depot-laying to Mount Hope ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseLocation |
Cape Evans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hut Point NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| casualties | three men died ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| documentedIn | The Ross Sea Shore Party 1914–17 diaries and accounts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endYear | 1917 ⓘ |
| expeditionCommander | Ernest Shackleton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionLeader | Aeneas Mackintosh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expeditionObjective | support transcontinental Antarctic crossing ⓘ |
| hasRole |
depot-laying party
ⓘ
support party ⓘ |
| historicalAssessment | heroic but long overshadowed by main expedition ⓘ |
| languageOfRecords | English ⓘ |
| member |
Aeneas Mackintosh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexander Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ Arnold Spencer-Smith NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Joyce NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Wild NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry Dickason NERFINISHED ⓘ James Paton NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Stenhouse NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard W. Richards NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor Hayward NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ross Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent |
Aurora torn from moorings and driven out to sea
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stranding of shore party without main supplies ⓘ |
| operatedInRegion | Ross Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedOn |
Ross Ice Shelf
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ross Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedUnderConditions | World War I era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipUsed | SY Aurora NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sponsoredBy | Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startYear | 1914 ⓘ |
| suffered |
frostbite
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scurvy ⓘ severe hardship ⓘ |
| task |
lay supply depots across the Ross Ice Shelf
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support Shackleton’s planned crossing of Antarctica ⓘ transport and cache food and fuel ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1914–1917 ⓘ |
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