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SHACKLETON'S IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1914-17
Captain Frank WORSLEY (1872-1943). Autograph letter signed to Petersen's Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand, 1 February 1917, 'I wish to thank your firm for their courtesy in repairing the chronometer used by me in navigating in Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition in the Weddell Sea. Yours truly Capt. F.A.Worsley. S.Y."Endurance"'., 1p., 4to., (browned), framed and glazed.
Worsley, Captain of the ill-fated "Endurance", navigated the 20-foot James Caird, with Shackleton and four others, on the 800-mile voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia.
Captain Frank WORSLEY (1872-1943). Autograph letter signed to Petersen's Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand, 1 February 1917, 'I wish to thank your firm for their courtesy in repairing the chronometer used by me in navigating in Sir Ernest Shackleton's Expedition in the Weddell Sea. Yours truly Capt. F.A.Worsley. S.Y."Endurance"'., 1p., 4to., (browned), framed and glazed.
Worsley, Captain of the ill-fated "Endurance", navigated the 20-foot James Caird, with Shackleton and four others, on the 800-mile voyage from Elephant Island to South Georgia.