Empty Boots - A Whaling Story: Alan Innes-Taylor

Authors

  • Philip S. Marshall

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic2174

Keywords:

Innes-Taylor, Charles Alan Kenneth, 1900-1983, Airplanes, Biographies, Cold weather performance, Dogsledding, Expeditions, History, Logistics, Marine transportation, Research, Safety, Sled dogs, Survival, Whaling, Antarctic regions, Ross Sea

Abstract

The following is a heretofore unpublished account of a small but significant part of the 1st Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-1930. It recounts one man's first journey to Antarctica. The author is the late Alan Innes-Taylor, polar survival expert, and the manuscript was recently made available by his family. Only minor grammatical changes have been made. ... [The account describes his time aboard a whaling ship enroute to the Antarctic.]

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Published

1984-01-01

Issue

Vol. 37 No. 1 (1984): March: 1–90

Section

Articles