Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Logbooks linked to Antarctic explorers Shackleton and Scott found in storage room

‘Priceless’ artefacts recording details of the famed expeditions of the 1910s were discovered in the vaults of New Zealand’s meterological service

“Priceless” artefacts linked to Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton and Capt Robert Falcon Scott have been unearthed in a surprise discovery within the dark storage room of New Zealand’s meterological service.

Metservice staff came across a set of logbooks from some of the most famous Antarctic expeditions while preparing to move buildings in Wellington.

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from World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3DRQ4Ai

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