ON THEIR WAY TO THE ANTARCTIC—The principal officers and scientists on the Bear of Oakland. Top row, from left, Mr. A. H. Waite jun., chief wireless operator; Lieutenant Robert A. J. English, in command; Captain B. Johansen, sailing master and ice pilot; Mr. S. D. Rose, chief officer. Centre, Mr. S. Edward Roos, oceanographer, and Mr. Richard D. Watson, assistant radio operator. Bottom, Mr. R. B. Black, surveyor, and Mr. G. Grimminger, meteorologist. The ship’s bell is shown in the centre, the inscription being as follows:-“Presented by the Explorers’ Club to its honorary member, Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, to replace the bell given by Admiral Byrd to the Explorers' Club as a memorial of the Bear’s long devoted service in Arctic seas to the cause of humanity.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 5

ON THEIR WAY TO THE ANTARCTIC—The principal officers and scientists on the Bear of Oakland. Top row, from left, Mr. A. H. Waite jun., chief wireless operator; Lieutenant Robert A. J. English, in command; Captain B. Johansen, sailing master and ice pilot; Mr. S. D. Rose, chief officer. Centre, Mr. S. Edward Roos, oceanographer, and Mr. Richard D. Watson, assistant radio operator. Bottom, Mr. R. B. Black, surveyor, and Mr. G. Grimminger, meteorologist. The ship’s bell is shown in the centre, the inscription being as follows:-“Presented by the Explorers’ Club to its honorary member, Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, to replace the bell given by Admiral Byrd to the Explorers' Club as a memorial of the Bear’s long devoted service in Arctic seas to the cause of humanity.