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Morrison served as Engineer on the Morning, the relief ship involved in both Antarctic Relief Expeditions, 1902-04. Morrison took extensive photographs on the expeditions and his work was used to illustrate Doorly's account: 'I tender my thanks to Mr. J.D. Morrison ... for supplying the photographs illustrating the story' (from the Preface to his The Voyages of the "Morning", 1916, p.xi. For other examples of his work on the expeditions, see Christie's, 18 Apr. 2000, lot 146 (an album of 100 photographs), £35,250 and Christie's, 25 Sept. 2003, lot 407 (an album of 26 photographs), £1,792.50.
The first relief expedition, organised at considerable haste, and grossly underfunded, set sail in the Morning, a wooden hulled steam yacht which had formerly been a Norwegian whaler named Morgenen, from the London Docks on 9 July 1902. Captain William Colbeck, who had been on the Southern Cross expedition as magnetic observer four years earlier, was in command and the ship, after a brief stop at Madeira, sailed directly to Lyttelton in New Zealand. From Lyttelton she sailed south for Cape Adare, discovering Scott Island en route. At various prearranged points they sought evidence of the Discovery's whereabouts, eventually finding the celebrated 'Antarctic pillar-box' where they learned of the Discovery's wintering in McMurdo Sound. After some difficulty with the ice pack between Beaufort and Franklin Islands, the Discovery was sighted. Doorly, in his account of the expedition, The Voyages of the "Morning" (London, 1916), records an ice field separating the two by approximately ten miles. The Discovery was ice-bound, and it was decided to leave her and the majority of her crew to overwinter again, frozen in the Antarctic ice pack. The Morning departed for Lyttelton on 2 March 1903.
The Admiralty ordered a second relief expedition and the Morning, following a refit at Lyttelton, sailed out of Hobart with the Terra Nova, a Newfoundland sealing vessel, on 5 December 1903. The Discovery was sighted on 6 January 1904. In spite of the thick pack ice which covered 18 miles between Discovery and the relief ships, Scott's expedition was finally released from the ice (with the help of explosives) and sailed from McMurdo Sound on 19 February 1904.
Morrison's photographs, which appear to be from both relief expeditions, include images of the voyages south, photographs of Scott, Wilson, Colbeck, Morrison, Dr Davidson and others, the arrival at Cape Adare, the search for Discovery and the finding of the 'Antarctic pillar-box' which gave them news of Discovery's wintering in McMurdo Sound, 'First sight of "Discovery" 1903', 'Our first view of Discovery from the ship', the ships Discovery, Morning and Terra Nova, along with images of the ice being mined and the ship's eventual release.
The first relief expedition, organised at considerable haste, and grossly underfunded, set sail in the Morning, a wooden hulled steam yacht which had formerly been a Norwegian whaler named Morgenen, from the London Docks on 9 July 1902. Captain William Colbeck, who had been on the Southern Cross expedition as magnetic observer four years earlier, was in command and the ship, after a brief stop at Madeira, sailed directly to Lyttelton in New Zealand. From Lyttelton she sailed south for Cape Adare, discovering Scott Island en route. At various prearranged points they sought evidence of the Discovery's whereabouts, eventually finding the celebrated 'Antarctic pillar-box' where they learned of the Discovery's wintering in McMurdo Sound. After some difficulty with the ice pack between Beaufort and Franklin Islands, the Discovery was sighted. Doorly, in his account of the expedition, The Voyages of the "Morning" (London, 1916), records an ice field separating the two by approximately ten miles. The Discovery was ice-bound, and it was decided to leave her and the majority of her crew to overwinter again, frozen in the Antarctic ice pack. The Morning departed for Lyttelton on 2 March 1903.
The Admiralty ordered a second relief expedition and the Morning, following a refit at Lyttelton, sailed out of Hobart with the Terra Nova, a Newfoundland sealing vessel, on 5 December 1903. The Discovery was sighted on 6 January 1904. In spite of the thick pack ice which covered 18 miles between Discovery and the relief ships, Scott's expedition was finally released from the ice (with the help of explosives) and sailed from McMurdo Sound on 19 February 1904.
Morrison's photographs, which appear to be from both relief expeditions, include images of the voyages south, photographs of Scott, Wilson, Colbeck, Morrison, Dr Davidson and others, the arrival at Cape Adare, the search for Discovery and the finding of the 'Antarctic pillar-box' which gave them news of Discovery's wintering in McMurdo Sound, 'First sight of "Discovery" 1903', 'Our first view of Discovery from the ship', the ships Discovery, Morning and Terra Nova, along with images of the ice being mined and the ship's eventual release.