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Mules of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910–13

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

D. L. Harrowfield
D. L. Harrowfield
Affiliation:
DSIR-Antarctic, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, International Antarctic Centre, PO Box 14-091, Christchurch Airport, New Zealand
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Abstract

Horses were first used in Antarctica when eight Manchurian ponies provided support for Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09). Scott's British Antarctic ‘Terra Nova’ Expedition (1910–13) used 17 ponies during its first year, and seven Indian mules in the following season. This paper presents new information on the mules, which suffered severely from the effects of an unbalanced diet and low temperatures. They were the last horses ever used to support an Antarctic expedition. In January 1989 when the stables of Scott's hut at Cape Evans were reclad and cleared of ice by a working party from the Antarctic Heritage Trust (New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme), artefacts relating to their occupancy by Manchurian ponies and Indian mules were located.

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Polar Record , Volume 27 , Issue 160 , January 1991 , pp. 23 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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