GREENLAND EXPEDITION
SHIP RETURNS TO ABERDEEN. SEVERAL MEMBERS STAY BEHIND. (British Official Wireless.) Rugby, September 9. The late Sir Ernest Shackleton’s famous ship Quest, which was chartered by the British East Greenland expedition this summer to transport the party and stores and carry out exploration in the Arctic, reached Aberdeen this afternoon. It is reported that at one time the ship was in such great danger from ice that preparations were made to abandon her.
Among those who returned to-day was Mr A. Courtauld, for whom great anxiety arose a few years ago when he wintered alone at a northern post and was found by his companions with 1 difficulty in the following spring. On the present voyage he was accompanied by his wife.
The leader of the expedition, Mr L. R. Wager, and several members have remained behind in Greenland for the winter. It is expected that meteorological and other observations will be of great value in connection with possible air transport routes across Greenland.
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Southland Times, Issue 25385, 12 September 1935, Page 6
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