Descriptions compiled by N. Boneham, Assistant Archivist with assistance from R. Stancombe and reference to Robert Keith Headland
Basil H Soulsby worked at the British Museum (Natural History department). In the summer of 1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard deposited the emperor penguin specimens he Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers had collected during the winter journey to the Cape Crozier rookery, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott).
The collection comprises of correspondence by Soulsby to Apsley Cherry-Garrard regarding the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott).
The correspondence is arranged chronologically.
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The correspondence relates to the deposit of emperor penguin specimens collected during the winter journey by Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers and Apsley Cherry-Garrard, British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). These specimens were deposited by Cherry-Garrard at the British Museum, (Natural History department) on his return from the Antarctic. Basil Soulsby provided the receipt on behalf of Mr Charles Fagan.
Chronological.
The Institute holds over a hundred archival collections containing material relating to this expedition, including material for Cherry-Garrard, Wilson, Bowers and Fagan. See SPRI collection GB 15 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.
For an account of the journey to the Cape Crozier rookery to retrieve the specimens see