- MS 300/8;D Report, 1881-1882 [Food captured and eaten at Cape Flora] 2 leaves, typescript
- MS 301/33;D Notes, 1881-1882 [Animal and bird life on Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa] 3 leaves, manuscript
- MS 301/34;D Stores saved from Eira, 1881, 2 leaves, manuscript
Neale, British Exploring Expedition, 1881-1882
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The British Exploring Expedition, 1881-1882 (leader Benjamin Leigh Smith) was a private expedition which set out to extend the exploration of Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa. Expedition ship Eira sank off Mys Flora in August 1881 and the crew lived in a makeshift hut for ten months, setting out in the ship's four boats in June 1882 and reaching Novaya Zemlya, where they met Hope commanded by Allen Young.
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