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Jan. 2, 1907, to Aug. 24, 1907 _Albermarle_ (Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Egerton, Rear-Admiral in the Atlantic Fleet).

Aug. 25, 1907, to Jan. 24, 1908 Not actively employed afloat between these dates.

Jan. 25, 1908, to May 29, 1908 _Ess.e.x_ (Captain).

May 30, 1908, to March 23, 1909 _Bulwark_ (Flag Captain to Rear-Admiral Colville, Rear-Admiral the Nore Division, Home Fleet).

Then Naval a.s.sistant to Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty. Appointed to H.M.S. _President_ for British Antarctic Expedition June 1, 1910.

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On September 2, 1908, at Hampton Court Palace, Captain Scott was married to Kathleen, daughter of the late Canon Lloyd Bruce. Peter Markham Scott was born on September 14, 1909.

On September 13, 1909, Captain Scott published his plans for the British Antarctic Expedition of the following year, and his appeal resulted in 10,000 being collected as a nucleus fund. Then the Government made a grant of 20,000, and grants followed from the Governments of Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.

Nine days after the plans were published arrangements were made to purchase the steams.h.i.+p _Terra Nova_, the largest and strongest of the old Scottish whalers. The original date chosen for sailing was August 1, 1910, but owing to the united efforts of those engaged upon the fitting out and stowing of the s.h.i.+p, she was able to leave Cardiff on June 15. Business, however, prevented Captain Scott from leaving England until a later date, and in consequence he sailed in the _Saxon_ to South Africa, and there awaited the arrival of the _Terra Nova_.

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BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910

Sh.o.r.e PARTIES

_Officers_

Name Rank, &c.

Robert Falcon Scott _Captain, C.V.O., R.N._ Edward R. G. R. Evans _Lieutenant, R.N._ Victor L. A. Campbell _Lieutenant, R.N. (Emergency List)_ Henry R. Bowers _Lieutenant, R.I.M._ Lawrence E. G. Oates _Captain 6th Inniskilling Dragoons._ G. Murray Levick _Surgeon, R.N._ Edward L. Atkinson _Surgeon, R.N., Parasitologist._

_Scientific Staff_

Edward Adrian Wilson _B.A., M.B. (Cantab), Chief of the Scientific Staff, and Zoologist._ George C. Simpson _D.Sc., Meteorologist._ T. Griffith Taylor _B.A., B.Sc., B.E., Geologist._ Edward W. Nelson _Biologist._ Frank Debenham _B.A., B.Sc., Geologist._ Charles S. Wright _B.A., Physicist._ Raymond E. Priestley _Geologist._ Herbert G. Ponting _F.R.G.S, Camera Artist._ Cecil H. Meares _In Charge of Dogs._ Bernard C. Day _Motor Engineer._ Apsley Cherry-Garrard _B.A., a.s.st. Zoologist._ Tryggve Gran _Sub-Lieutenant, Norwegian N.R., B.A., Ski Expert._

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_Men_

W. Lashly _Chief Stoker, R.N._ W. W. Archer _Chief Steward, late R.N._ Thomas Clissold _Cook, late R.N._ Edgar Evans _Petty Officer, R.N._ Robert Forde _Petty Officer, R.N._ Thomas Crean _Petty Officer, R.N._ Thomas S. Williamson _Petty Officer, R.N._ Patrick Keohane _Petty Officer, R.N._ George P. Abbott _Petty Officer, R.N._ Frank V. Browning _Petty Officer, 2nd cla.s.s, R.N._ Harry d.i.c.kason _Able Seaman, R.N._ F. J. Hooper _Steward, late R.N._ Anton Omelchenko _Groom._ Demetri Gerof _Dog Driver._

s.h.i.+P'S PARTY

_Officers, &c._

Harry L. L. Pennell _Lieutenant, R.N._ Henry E. de P. Rennick _Lieutenant, R.N._ Wilfred M. Bruce _Lieutenant, R.N.R._ Francis R. H. Drake _a.s.st. Paymaster, R.N. (Retired), Secretary and Meteorologist in s.h.i.+p._ Denis G. Lillie _M.A., Biologist in s.h.i.+p._

James R. Dennistoun _In Charge of Mules in s.h.i.+p._ Alfred B. Cheetham _R.N.R., Boatswain._ William Williams _Chief Engine-room Artificer, R.N., 2nd Engineer._ William A. Horton _Eng. Rm. Art. 3rd Cla.s.s, R.N. 2nd Engineer._ Francis E. C. Davies _Leading s.h.i.+pwright, R.N._ Frederick Parsons _Petty Officer, R.N._ [Page 210]

William L. Heald _Late P.O., R.N._ Arthur S. Bailey _Petty Officer, 2nd Cla.s.s, R.N._ Albert Balson _Leading Seaman, R.N._ Joseph Leese _Able Seaman, R.N._ John Hugh Mather _Petty Officer, R.N.V.R._ Robert Oliphant _Able Seaman._ Thomas F. McLeod _Able Seaman._ Mortimer McCarthy _Able Seaman._ William Knowles _Able Seaman._ Charles Williams _Able Seaman._ James Skelton _Able Seaman._ William McDonald _Able Seaman._ James Paton _Able Seaman._ Robert Brissenden _Leading Stoker, R.N._ Edward A. McKenzie _Leading Stoker, R.N._ William Burton _Leading Stoker, R.N._ Bernard J. Stone _Leading Stoker, R.N._ Angus McDonald _Fireman._ Thomas McGillon _Fireman._ Charles Lammas _Fireman._ W. H. Neale _Steward._

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CHAPTER I

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