GB 0402 AHN - NINNIS, Aubrey Howard (fl 1914-1917)

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GB 0402 AHN 1914-1962 Collection level 2 boxes Ninnis , Aubrey Howard , d 1956 , Antarctic explorer

Aubrey Howard Ninnis was commissioned as purser in SS AURORA on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916, he was intended for the shore party but stranded when the AURORA broke adrift. He was on the Aurora Relief Expedition, 1916-1917; he died in New Zealand in 1956.

Bequeathed by Ninnis, 1956; typescripts of High Latitude were received in 1962.

Journals, charts and other papers relating to A H Ninnis' commission as purser in SS AURORA on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 and the Relief Expedition, 1916-1917.

The papers include diaries of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, 23 Dec 1914-12 Feb 1917, with a single volume typescript summary of the diaries; notebook entitled 'The Log of Taroona Camp, H E Wild and A H N with the 26 and stores for dog teams' including notes of equipment and stores for the dog teams; list of the dogs' names and a journal headed 'RMS Ionic, Hobart, Ocean Quay', 31 Oct-24 Dec 1914; copies of letters from Ninnis including to Ernest Shackleton, 6 Jan-5 Feb 1920 and to John Lachlan Cope, 9 Jun 1920; press cuttings, 1919-1920; papers reviewing Antarctic exploration achieved and proposals for another expedition under J L Cope in TERRA NOVA, for 1923; printed prospectus of Cope's Antarctic expedition; Ninnis' certificate of discharge made out at Wellington, New Zealand, Feb 1917; three large charts titled 'Map of the Antarctic East Longitude 150°-180° showing drift of SY Aurora', 1931 (the three are similar but two have small insets of landscape sketches); small chart entitled 'Map of the Bay of Whales', from a survey by Blackburn and Coman, Byrd Antarctic expedition, 1929-1930, with a second sketch map showing the route of Byrd's polar flight; three volumes of uncorrected typescript of High Latitude by J K Davis.

As outlined in the Scope and Content.

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist,and subject to completing 'application for copies' form. No reproduction without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

English

Hand list and card index.

Papers 1, 3 and 4 have been microfilmed for Canterbury Museum of Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov 1981.

Print outs of scans from the Ross Sea Party photo albums are kept in the RGS.

Ninnis' photograph albums of the SS Aurora and Antarctic, 1914-1917 are in the Picture Library, (ref: G130 a and b).

Ninnis' zoological log and diary relating to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (copies), 1915-1916 are held at Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute (ref: MS 1590).

Prepared by an Archives volunteer using existing finding aids. Revised by Sarah Drewery.
Sources: The biographical information was compiled using a Google search and is not authoritative.

ISAD(G( ed. 2, name authority NRA.

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Bequeathed by Ninnis, 1956; typescripts of High Latitude were received in 1962.

Journals, charts and other papers relating to A H Ninnis' commission as purser in SS AURORA on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914-1916 and the Relief Expedition, 1916-1917.

The papers include diaries of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, 23 Dec 1914-12 Feb 1917, with a single volume typescript summary of the diaries; notebook entitled 'The Log of Taroona Camp, H E Wild and A H N with the 26 and stores for dog teams' including notes of equipment and stores for the dog teams; list of the dogs' names and a journal headed 'RMS Ionic, Hobart, Ocean Quay', 31 Oct-24 Dec 1914; copies of letters from Ninnis including to Ernest Shackleton, 6 Jan-5 Feb 1920 and to John Lachlan Cope, 9 Jun 1920; press cuttings, 1919-1920; papers reviewing Antarctic exploration achieved and proposals for another expedition under J L Cope in TERRA NOVA, for 1923; printed prospectus of Cope's Antarctic expedition; Ninnis' certificate of discharge made out at Wellington, New Zealand, Feb 1917; three large charts titled 'Map of the Antarctic East Longitude 150°-180° showing drift of SY Aurora', 1931 (the three are similar but two have small insets of landscape sketches); small chart entitled 'Map of the Bay of Whales', from a survey by Blackburn and Coman, Byrd Antarctic expedition, 1929-1930, with a second sketch map showing the route of Byrd's polar flight; three volumes of uncorrected typescript of High Latitude by J K Davis.

As outlined in the Scope and Content.

Accessed via the Foyle Reading Room. Free of charge for Fellows, Members and those with valid academic identification. All other users pay a charge and must bring identification in order to register on arrival.

Photocopying at the discretion of the Archivist,and subject to completing 'application for copies' form. No reproduction without the permission of the RGS-IBG Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

Ninnis' photograph albums of the SS Aurora and Antarctic, 1914-1917 are in the Picture Library, (ref: G130 a and b).

Hand list and card index.

Papers 1, 3 and 4 have been microfilmed for Canterbury Museum of Christchurch, New Zealand, Nov 1981.

Print outs of scans from the Ross Sea Party photo albums are kept in the RGS.

Ninnis' zoological log and diary relating to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (copies), 1915-1916 are held at Cambridge University: Scott Polar Research Institute (ref: MS 1590).

ISAD(G( ed. 2, name authority NRA.

• English