Skip to main content

Marguerite Bay (bay)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

A general view of the Marguerite Bay Base at Stonington Island, showing the wireless masts and hangar, 1948

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/562
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'When the John Biscoe reached Deception Island faint signals were heard from the men marooned at Stonington'.

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Base Y. Horseshoe Island Marguerite Bay, 1954-11 - 1957-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/153
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A view of the shore from a ship, possibly 'R.R.S. John Biscoe'. The caption on the reverse of the print continues: 'The glacier we skied up is on the skyline almost in the centre'. This base had been established in 1955. On 13 March Arthur continued his voyage in 'R.R.S. Shackleton', which had joined the FIDS that season. FIDS is an acronym of the 'Falkland Islands Dependency Survey', which was the name of the British Antarctic Survey in its earlier days.

Dates: 1954-11 - 1957-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

Shackleton at base Y, 1954-11 - 1957-01

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/154
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. A view of 'R.R.S. Shackleton' at base Y, Horseshoe Island, Marguerite Bay.

Dates: 1954-11 - 1957-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Item

The Marguerite Bay Base at Stonington Island, which has been the home of the eleven marooned scientists for over two years, 1948

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/563
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The Post Office can be seen almost buried under the snow'.

Dates: 1948
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).