Discovering Antarctica Interactive teaching and learning resources on Antarctica from RGS-IBG in partnership with BAS and supported by UK FCO.
The Ross Sea party was a component of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914–17. The Ross Sea Party had the task of setting supply depots from McMurdo Sound to the Beardmore Glacier to provide supplies for the Trans-Continental party led by Shackleton.
The Ross Sea Party (1914-1917) had the task of setting supply depots from McMurdo Sound to the Beardmore Glacier to provide supplies for the Trans-Continental party led by Shackleton.
Most of their supplies were on the Aurora and when she broke free and drifted away from Antarctica they were marooned. They survived by using supplies let in the hut by the Scott expedition in 1912.
Antarctic Peninsula map (Wikipedia)
Full size view of Bellinghausen’s voyage – South Circumpolar Chart, from 1821.
Design a graphic novel guide to give advice to people planning a holiday in Antarctica, or design a poster giving visitors advice about how they should behave while there.
Map of Antarctica showing the seven countries that have territorial claims on the continent.
