Identifier: annualreportofbo1909smit (find matches)
Title: Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution
Year: 1846 (1840s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary
Subjects: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Institution. Archives Discoveries in science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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NiMROD Off Cape Royds.
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BEITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION SHACKLETON. 357 wintered in 1902 and 1903. Tlie ice showed no signs of breakingout, and on February 3 we proceeded to land stores and erect a huton Cape Royds, the spot selected under pressure of circumstances,for the Avinter quarters of the expedition. On February 22 theNimrod went north again, leaving the shore party at Cape Royds.The ship was to return the following summer. The first work of importance undertaken after the winter quartershad been established was the ascent of Mount Erebus. This activevolcano, which has an altitude of over 13,000 feet, was of particularinterest from the geological and meteorological standpoint, andthough the ascent was likely to prove difficult, it seemed that theattempt should be made. A party of six set out from the winterquarters on March 5, and on the morning of March 10 five of themen stood on the edge of the active crater, the sixth having been leftat the last camp Avith frost-bitten feet. The scientific results of

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