In February 1948, 12 Australians and 5 Americans, men and women, set out on a 9 month expedition across Arnhem Land in the north of Australia. Led by Australian anthropologist and photographer Charles Mountford (1890-1976), the expedition’s aim was to chronicle the indigenous peoples and their environment. An enormous amount of data was collected including artefacts, scientific specimens and photographs. The expedition was ground-breaking for the time. ]]> ___]]> In February 1948, 12 Australians and 5 Americans, men and women, set out on a 9 month expedition across Arnhem Land in the north of Australia. Led by Australian anthropologist and photographer Charles Mountford (1890-1976), the expedition’s aim was to chronicle the indigenous peoples and their environment. An enormous amount of data was collected including artefacts, scientific specimens and photographs. The expedition was ground-breaking for the time.
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Voyage of the Astrolabe, 1826-1829

Jules Dumont D’Urville (1790-1842) led this information-gathering expedition to the Pacific Islands aboard Astrolabe and hoped to build on the scientific knowledge gained from Louis Isidore Duperrey’s expedition of 1822-25. D’Urville sailed from Toulon in France in April, 1826 with three naturalists – Lesson, Quoy and Gaimard. Astrolabe, with D’Urville and his crew, sailed off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand in January 1827 and collected specimens from Astrolabe Bay in Nelson. Some specimens from the expedition are still in collections housed in the Natural History Museum in Paris.

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Voyage of the Astrolabe, 1826-1829

Jules Dumont D’Urville (1790-1842) led this information-gathering expedition to the Pacific Islands aboard Astrolabe and hoped to build on the scientific knowledge gained from Louis Isidore Duperrey’s expedition of 1822-25. D’Urville sailed from Toulon in France in April, 1826 with three naturalists – Lesson, Quoy and Gaimard. Astrolabe, with D’Urville and his crew, sailed off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand in January 1827 and collected specimens from Astrolabe Bay in Nelson. Some specimens from the expedition are still in collections housed in the Natural History Museum in Paris.

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Voyage of the Astrolabe, 1826-1829

Jules Dumont D’Urville (1790-1842) led this information-gathering expedition to the Pacific Islands aboard Astrolabe and hoped to build on the scientific knowledge gained from Louis Isidore Duperrey’s expedition of 1822-25. D’Urville sailed from Toulon in France in April, 1826 with three naturalists – Lesson, Quoy and Gaimard. Astrolabe, with D’Urville and his crew, sailed off the coast of the South Island of New Zealand in January 1827 and collected specimens from Astrolabe Bay in Nelson. Some specimens from the expedition are still in collections housed in the Natural History Museum in Paris.

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Aurora, was captained by John King Davis (1884-1967), a colleague of Mawson’s from Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Inspired by his participation in that expedition, Douglas Mawson wrote that ‘one felt a great urge to go on and discover the limits of Antarctic land in that direction [towards the Magnetic Pole]’ (Mawson, Introduction, Series A, volume 1). Participants in this Australasian expedition included four New Zealanders.]]> ___]]> , Aurora, was captained by John King Davis (1884-1967), a colleague of Mawson’s from Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Inspired by his participation in that expedition, Douglas Mawson wrote that ‘one felt a great urge to go on and discover the limits of Antarctic land in that direction [towards the Magnetic Pole]’ (Mawson, Introduction, Series A, volume 1). Participants in this Australasian expedition included four New Zealanders.]]> ___]]> Aurora, was captained by John King Davis (1884-1967), a colleague of Mawson’s from Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Inspired by his participation in that expedition, Douglas Mawson wrote that ‘one felt a great urge to go on and discover the limits of Antarctic land in that direction [towards the Magnetic Pole]’ (Mawson, Introduction, Series A, volume 1). Participants in this Australasian expedition included four New Zealanders.]]> ___]]> Discovery, BANZARE conducted two trips in the Southern Hemisphere’s summers in two consecutive years. Ostensibly an expedition driven by Antarctic geopolitics, wide-ranging data was gathered on a large number of topics.]]> ___]]> Discovery, BANZARE conducted two trips in the Southern Hemisphere’s summers in two consecutive years. Ostensibly an expedition driven by Antarctic geopolitics, wide-ranging data was gathered on a large number of topics.]]> ___]]> ___]]> ]]> Nimrod, this expedition sailed for Antarctica in August, 1907, under the leadership of Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922). The expeditionary party came together in New Zealand and sailed for Antarctica on January 1st, 1908. Shackleton hoped to be the first person ever to reach the South Pole but he ultimately failed. Geographical and scientific observations were made throughout the expedition and the team made the first ascent of Mount Erebus. Professor Edgeworth David led the scientific team with Douglas Mawson as a member; both men were from Australia. Nimrod returned to New Zealand on 23rd March, 1909.]]> Editor: James Murray]]> Terra Nova, Scott hoped to be the first to reach the South Pole. Scott and his four colleagues did reach the South Pole on the 17th January, 1912 but had been beaten by Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and his team who had reached the Pole 33 days before Scott. Unfortunately, Scott and his party perished on the Ross Ice Shelf on the return journey.]]> ___]]> Terra Nova, Scott hoped to be the first to reach the South Pole. Scott and his four colleagues did reach the South Pole on the 17th January, 1912 but had been beaten by Norwegian Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) and his team who had reached the Pole 33 days before Scott. Unfortunately, Scott and his party perished on the Ross Ice Shelf on the return journey.]]> ___]]> ___]]> Karluk was carried away by ice and subsequently crushed with the loss of eleven lives. Among the members of the expedition was New Zealander Diamond Jenness (1886-1969), an anthropologist, born in Wellington and educated at Oxford. A survivor of the Karluk crushing, Jenness spent two years living with the Copper Inuit and his research helped to cement his reputation as an eminent ethnologist. He became Canada’s Chief Anthropologist in 1926.]]> ___]]> Ingolf and its crew made an ‘exploration of the Arctic seas around Iceland and Greenland, zoological collections being the principal object of the expedition’ (C. F. Wandel, Report of the Voyage, volume 1). The expedition party included zoologists, a physicist and a botanist.]]> ___]]> Albatross left Gothenburg, Sweden for a 15-month, privately funded voyage with oceanographer and leader of the expedition, Hans Pettersson and his scientific team aboard. The aim of the expedition was to explore the depths of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans near the equator. The team retrieved core-samples from the bottom of the ocean, took water samples, made temperature recordings, carried out deep-sea trawlings, and made echograms of the ocean floor. The Albatross and its crew covered 45,000 nautical miles and took core samples from depths of almost 8000 metres.]]> ___]]> aurora borealis’ (Birkeland, Preface, volume 1). The 1902-03 expedition was wide-ranging. Staff at four stations in Finmark, Norway; Iceland; Spitsbergen, Norway; and Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia, collected scientific data which was to be augmented by data collected from as many stations as possible around the world.]]> Kristian Birkeland]]> Lobodon carcinophaga, the Crab-eater Seal]]> Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.]]> Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray]]> Halcyon vagans, New Zealand Kingfisher]]> Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.]]> Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray]]> Athene albifacies, Laughing Owl.]]> Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.]]> Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray ]]> Anthornis melanocephala, the Chatham Bellbird, now extinct.]]> Led by Captain Sir James Clark Ross, this voyage was the last sail-only expedition. The well-provisioned ships set sail from Chatham in Kent, England on the 29th September, 1839 and took a very circuitous route to the South Pole, visiting many islands in the Atlantic on the way and Australia and New Zealand. The main aim of the expedition was to find the magnetic South Pole and to ‘collect the various objects of Natural History’ (Joseph Dalton Hooker, Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.

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Acanthisitta longipes, Bush Wren. Acanthisitta chloris, Rifleman]]> Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.]]> Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray]]> Gerygone flaviventris, Grey Warbler. Gerygone albifrontata, Chatham gerygone]]> Summary of the Voyage, volume 1 supplement). The voyagers saw their first iceberg at the end of December, 1840 and reached the edge of the icepack on the 3rd of January, 1841. The Ross Sea is named for Captain Ross and Mount Erebus in Antarctica was named after the lead ship. The expedition made several voyages into the Antarctic region in the subsequent southern summers and returned to England on the 4th September, 1843.]]> Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray ]]>