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Adelie Penguin
Jack, Andrew Keith, d. 1966, compiler; Gunn, Alex, slide maker
Glass lantern slide, hand coloured
Dimensions 8.7 x 8.7 cm
1914-1917

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Seals were the main source of fresh meat (and blubber for fuel for the fire) for the Ross Sea Party. Penguins also supplemented their diet.

This supply of fresh meat both complemented their meagre food supplies and staved off scurvy. The men also ate penguin eggs, a welcome delicacy amidst their usually grim diet. In 1916 they collected a staggering 3150 eggs from Cape Royds rookery (Ross Island).

On the day of rescue Keith Jack noted with relief in his diary: "...no more slaughtering of innocent seals..."

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Camp on Great Ross Ice Barrier

"Aurora" in McMurdo Sound waiting for break-up of the ice

John Lachlan Cope, standing on deck of ship

Routes of "Endurance" and "Aurora"

Track of "Aurora"

After three months at Hut Pt.

The Hut, C. Evans [Cape Evans] Ross Island

Aurora at Winter quarters at Cape Evans

Return of Sun

Barne Glacier looking NW from Cape Evans

Adelie Penguin

Grounded berg Cape Evans

Ice-flowers growing on Sea-ice

Adelies [i.e. Adelie penguins] at Cape Evans

Cross erected at Cape Evans to lost comrades

"Bosun" Paton last man to leave (relief)

Rescued party Shackleton and Capt. Davis

Mt. Wellington N.Z.

Keith Jack's clothing, equipment, and mementos

Tide gauge

Tide Trace

Essay on the Ross Sea Party

Keith Jack diary, Jun 2, 1915, pp13-16

Keith Jack diary, Nov 19-22, 1915, pp.44-6

Keith Jack diary, Dec 4, 1915, p53

Keith Jack diary, December 5-7, 1915, p54

Keith Jack diary, Dec 25, 1915, p63

Keith Jack diary, Jan 13, 1916, pp 72, 77, 79, 80

Keith Jack diary, Jan 13, 1916, pp11-12

Keith Jack diary, Jan 14, 1916, p13

Keith Jack diary, Mar 12, 1916, Mt Erebus erupting

Keith Jack diary, Mar 14, 1916, p14

Keith Jack diary, Mar 20-23, 1916, pp22-3

Keith Jack diary, Apr 12-13, 1916, pp40-1

Keith Jack diary, May 21, 1916 pp72-74

Keith Jack diary, Jun 29, 1916, p12

Keith Jack diary, Jul 14-17, 1916, pp21-26

Keith Jack diary, Jul 27, 1916, pp34-5

Keith Jack diary, Sep 1, 1916, pp58-59

Keith Jack diary, Sept 12, 1916, pp66-68

Keith Jack diary, Dec 15, 1916, pp 44-6

Keith Jack diary, Jan 10, 1917, pp73-4

Brief Biography of Andrew Keith Jack.