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Rescued party Shackleton and Capt. Davis

Rescued party Shackleton and Capt. Davis

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Rescued party Shackleton and Capt. Davis
Jack, Andrew Keith, d. 1966, compiler
Glass lantern slide
Dimensions 8.7 x 8.7 cm
1914-1917

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January 1917.

From left: Keith Jack, Alexander Stevens, Dick Richards, Ernest Wild, Irvine Gaze, Ernest Joyce, John Cope, Ernest Shackleton, John King Davis, and surviving sled dog Oscar.

Jack wrote in his diary of the rescue: "Then came my first meal on board - real fresh mutton. I ate and ate and wished I could eat more. Oranges too and fresh potatoes... I fell as if I want to sleep and sleep and dream. Everything seems to strange."

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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.