xenith | Islands to Ice Expedition

Some of the artefacts on display at the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery's Island to Ice expedition.

I've included the information from the captions, where I've managed to get a copy of it.

I think they're albatrosses. The animal displays were at the start of the expedition and I was keen to see what else they had there, so I didn't stop to look, because I assumed they were albatrosses.

Emperor Penguin chicks

Display on polar explorers, with a sled below it.

Continuation of above display.

Resolution & Adventure medals, 1773

Struck for Cook's second & third voyages to give to "Natives of such new and discovered countries as the sloops may touch at".

Signature of Captain James Clark Ross, July 1841

HMS Erebus arrived in Hobart on 6 August 1840 before heading to Antarctica & returning to Hobart April, 1841

Minute book of the Tasmanian Society, 1841

Attendance list for meeting Thursday 6 May 1841 includes Sir John Franklin (who founded the society in 1838) & Captains Ross & Crozier

Invitation, June 1841

Invitation from Ross & Crozier to a ball on board Erebus and Terror as thanks for the warm welcome shown by the people of Hobart.

I missed the caption for this one, but it looks like a copy of an extract from the Hobart Town Gazette. It should be readable so I won't retype the contents..

Note card, April 1898

To Mr Hall from John Wild, artist on the Challenger expedition

Picture Postcard, 1901

Commemorating the departure of Scott's British National Antarctic Expedition in 1901, posted from London the day SS Discovery sailed

Newspaper, May 1913

Special edition of the Londoner Daily Mirror with featuring Scott's journey to the South Pole. Larger version

Notebook, 1929 (on right)

Used by N H Moyes on Mawson's 1929-1931 BANZARE expedition, to note details, packing and issue of stores on board Discovery

I've lost the caption that went with the map

The dotted line between New Zealand & Antarctica is marked "Scott's Route, 1911", the line between Tasmania & Antarctica that runs off to the top right is "Amundsen's Route", the solid black line on the left is "Amundsen's Route, 1911" and the dashed line at the top is "German Expedition, 1911".

Wax matches, 1911

From the floor of Mawson's 1911 hut at Commonwealth Bay. Collected in 1931 by the pilot of the spotting plane operating from the deck of Discovery, the first time a place had been used in Antarctica.

Woollen Jumper, 1929

Worn by Josiah John Pill on Discovery during Mawson's BANZARE expedition, 1929-31

Model of Mawson's living quarters, Rod MacKenzie, 2002

Built in 1912 at Commonwealth Bay and occupied by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14, lead by Douglas Mawson. The prefabricated hut has two main rooms (show below) and workshop. Much more information on the building is available on the Australian Heritage database, follow the 'Place ID' links.

ANARE issue medical kits, c. 1965

ANARE First Aid box, c. 1960

With amphetamines, pain killers, Ronicol for frostbit, Dove's power for diarrheal, salt for cramps, Gelusi for indigestion, eye ointment in tubes