Nansen, correspondence

• MS 101/67/1-3;D Letters (3) to William Speirs Bruce, 1907 to 1912 [Short letters on various subjects] 3 leaves, holograph and typescript
• MS 1325/25/1-6;D Letters (6) to Hugh Robert Mill, 1893 to 1925 [Various matters, notably his writing of results of the Norwegian Exploring Expedition, 1893-1896 (led by Nansen)and other books and articles] 6 leaves, holograph and typescript
• MS 366/15;BJ Letters (2) to Robert Falcon Scott, 18 April and 18 July 1901 [In Papers of the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904, volume 5 items 69 to 70] autograph
• MS 1453/140/1-2;D Letters (2) to Robert Falcon Scott, 29 September 1904 and 26 December 1908 [Congratulations on success of his expedition, on prospects of holding motor sledge trials in Norway] 2 leaves, holograph
• MS 1537/2/21/16;D Letter to Emily Shackleton, 8 April 1909 [Congratulating her on her husbands British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909]
• MS 1537/2/21/16;D Letter to Emily Shackleton, 18 April 1909 [Thanking her for details of her husbands British Antarctic Expedition, 1097-1909]

The correspondence relates to the Norwegian Exploring Expedition to the Arctic, 1893-1896, the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott) and the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 (leader Ernest Henry Shackleton).

Later correspondence with Hugh Robert Mill relates to the publication of material regarding polar exploration.

Alphabetical.

See SPRI collections GB 015 British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 and British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-199 for more information on these expeditions.

The Institute holds several archival collections containing material on the development of motor sledges, see George Abbott, Michael Barne, Jean Baptiste Charcot, Howard De Walden, Reginald Skelton, Robert Falcon Scott and G Foster Pedley.