THE S.S. TERRA NOVA (1884-1943): FROM THE ARCTIC TO THE ANTARCTIC,
WHALER, SEALER AND POLAR EXPLORATION SHIP.
with a foreword by Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.
Michael C. Tarver. 2006. Brixham, Devon: Pendragon Maritime Publications.
256 p, illustrated, hard cover. ISBN 0-9552208-0-7. £30.00.


Terra Nova, a large and powerful steam whaler was seconded from the seal fishery in Newfoundland as relief ship for the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, and the United States Fiala-Ziegler Arctic Expedition, 1903-1905.  Her most famous role was for three years as the expedition ship for the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913, led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, RN.
The Author, Michael C. Tarver, Vice President of the Captain Scott Society, is an associate member of the Scott Polar Research Institute, the United Kingdom Antarctic Heritage Trust and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

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The Man who found Captain Scott
ANTARCTIC EXPLORER AND WAR HERO
Surgeon Captain Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929)
DSO AM MRCS LRCP Royal Navy

The is the first ever biography of Dr. Atkinson, who found himself the senior Royal Navy officer in command during that last year of crisis, when expedition members had failed to return.  The author analyses that fateful southern polar journey and reveals in detail the many events that culminated in the tragic outcome, which still raises many questions today.  Read Scott’s last written instructions for the dog handlers and was sufficient action taken in consequence ?   Could Scott and his party have been saved ?   Atkinson went on to serve in the War which followed, at Gallipoli and on the Western Front with the Howitzer Brigade, Royal Marine Artillery.  He was again severely wounded in an explosion aboard a warship and later served in the Russian Campaign.  It is a story of adventure, crisis, grit and determination.”

In hardback, 176 pages, 75 maps and photos.  £25 plus £2.80 postage

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Mike Tarver, 1 Queen Henrietta Place, Well Lane, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, GL51 1HW.

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