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Businesses (2)
- Exeter Whale Fishery Co Exeter, Devon
- Scottish Spitsbergen Syndicate Ltd Edinburgh, Midlothian
Organisations (12)
Persons (144)
- Aldrich, Pelham (1844-1930) Admiral
- Allardyce, Sir William Lamond (1861-1930) Knight, colonial governor
- Armitage, Albert Borlase (1864-1943) Captain Antarctic Explorer
- Atkinson, Edward Leicester (1882-1929) Surgeon Captain
- Austin, Sir Horatio Thomas (d 1865) Knight, Vice Admiral
- Babbage, Charles (1792-1871), mathematician
- Back, Sir George (1796-1878) Knight, Admiral and Arctic navigator
- Bagshawe, Thomas Wyatt (1901-1976), geologist and author
- Barne, Michael (1877-1961) Captain RN Antarctic Explorer
- Barrie, Sir James Matthew (1860-1937), 1st baronet, playwright, novelist Kirriemuir, Angus
- Barrow, Sir John (1764-1848) 1st Baronet Secretary of the Admiralty Travel Writer
- Barrow, John (1808-1898) Lieutenant Colonel
- Beaumont, Sir Lewis Anthony (1847-1922), Knight, Admiral
- Bentham, Robert (fl 1934-1938) Geologist
- Bernacchi, Louis Charles (1876-1942), scientist and explorer
- Bertram, George Colin Lawder (b 1911) Polar Scientist and Biologist
- Bowers, Henry Robertson (1883-1912) Naval Officer Polar Explorer
- Brown, John (1797-1861), geographer
- Brown, Robert (1842-1895), explorer
- Brown, Robert Neal Rudmose (1879-1957), geographer and botanist
- Bruce, Wilfrid Montagu (1874-1953) Captain RN
- Bruce, William Speirs (1867-1921), polar explorer and oceanographer
- Buchanan, John Young (1844-1925), chemist and geographer
- Burton, William (d 1988), stoker RN
- Chermside, Sir Herbert Charles (1850-1929), Knight, Lieutenant General
- Clifford, Sir Geoffrey Miles (1897-1986) Knight Colonial Administrator
- Collinson, Sir Richard (1811-1883) Knight Admiral
- Courtauld, Augustine (1904-1959) Arctic Explorer
- Cross, Jacob (fl1900-1935), sailor and Antarctic explorer
- Crozier, Francis Rawdon Moira (c 1796-1848) Captain RN
- Curzon, George Nathaniel (1859-1925) 1st Marquess Curzon, statesman
- Darwin, Leonard (1850-1943), eugenist
- David, Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth (1858-1934) Knight Lieutenant Colonel Antarctic Explorer Geologist
- Debenham, Frank, (1883-1965), geographer
- Dell, James William (fl 1921-1922) Antarctic explorer
- Dunlop, Henry (b 1876), chief engineer
- Edwards, John I (fl 1955), arctic explorer
- Egerton, Sir George Le Clerc (1852-1940), Knight, Admiral, Second Sea Lord
- Evans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell (1881-1957) 1st Baron Mountevans, Admiral
- Ferrar, Hartley Travers (1879-1932) Geologist
- Fiennes, Ranulf Twisleton-Wykeham- (b 1944) Explorer
- Forder, Henry (fl 1830-1894), Captain of the Hold, Royal Navy
- Franklin, Jane (1792-1875), traveller and social reformer
- Franklin, Sir John (1786-1847) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest (1908-1999) Knight Explorer
- Garrard, Apsley George Benet Cherry- (1886-1959) Antarctic Explorer
- Garwood, Edmund Johnston (1864-1949) Geologist
- Giffard, George Augustus (1849-1925) Admiral
- Gould, Rupert Thomas (1890-1948) Lieutenant Commander Writer
- Gregory, John Walter (1864-1932), geologist
- Hamilton, Richard , (20th cent), Arctic explorer
- Harland, Walter Brian (1917-2003), geologist
- Harmer, Sir Sidney Frederic (1862-1950) Knight Zoologist
- Hayward, Victor George, (1887-1916), member of Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition
- Herbert, Walter William (1934-2007) Knight, polar explorer, writer and artist
- Hoare, Augustus Reginald , (19th-20th cent) Reverend, missionary Alaska
- Hodgson, Thomas Vere (1864-1926) Marine Biologist
- Hollin, John Trevor (1930-2016), glaciologist
- Jackson, Frederick George (1860-1938) Major, Arctic explorer Alcester, Warwickshire
- James, Reginald William (1891-1964) Physicist
- John, David Dilwyn (b 1901) Zoologist
- Keltie, Sir John Scott (1840-1927), Knight, geographer
- Kirby, William (1759-1850) Rector of Barham Entomologist
- Lack, David Lambert (1910-1973), ornithologist
- Larkman, Alfred Herbert (fl 1914-1917) Antarctic explorer
- Lashly, William (1867-1940), Antarctic explorer
- Lees, Thomas Orde- (fl 1916) Antarctic explorer
- Levick, George Murray (1876-1956) Surgeon Commander
- Lillie, Denis Gascoigne (1888-1963) Marine Zoologist
- Lister, Hal (1921-2010), geographer, polar explorer
- Mackay, Alister Forbes (fl 1909) polar explorer
- Mackintosh, Aeneas Lionel Acton (fl 1914-1917) Antarctic explorer
- Mackintosh, Neil Alison (1900-1974), marine biologist
- Macklin, Alexander Hepburne (fl 1921-1956) Antarctic explorer
- Markham, Sir Albert Hastings (1841-1918), knight, admiral, arctic explorer
- Markham, Sir Clements Robert (1830-1916), Knight, geographer and historian
- Marr, James William Slesser (1902-1965) Zoologist
- Marshall, Eric Stewart (1879-1963) Surgeon
- Mawson, Sir Douglas (1882-1958) Knight Geologist and Antarctic Explorer
- McClintock, Francis Leopold (1819-1907), Knight Admiral Arctic Explorer
- McKenzie, Edward Archibald (d 1972), leading stoker on board Terra Nova
- Mill, Hugh Robert (1861-1950), geographer and meteorologist
- Mogg, William (fl 1905-1906), captain of the schooner Bonanza
- Mossman, Robert Cockburn (1870-1940), meteorologist
- Mullock, Philip James (1933-2015), mathematician
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey (1792-1871), 1st Baronet geologist
- Murray, George Robert Milne (1858-1911) Botanist
- Murray, Sir John (1841-1914) Knight, naturalist and oceanographer
- Nansen, Fridtjof (1861-1930) Norwegian Polar explorer
- Nares, Sir George Strong (1831-1915) Knight Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Natriss, E A (1881-1960) Shipping Officer to the Discovery Investigations Committee
- Ninnis, Aubrey Howard (fl 1914-1917) Antarctic explorer
- Oates, Lawrence Edward Grace (1880-1912) Antarctic Explorer
- Odell, Noel Ewart (1890-1987) Geologist
- Osborn, Sherard (1822-1875) Rear Admiral and Author
- Parry, Caleb Hillier (1755-1822) Physician
- Parry, Edward (1830-1890) Suffragan Bishop of Dover
- Parry, Sir William Edward (1790-1855) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Explorer
- Penny, William (1809-1892), sea captain and Arctic explorer
- Phipps, Constantine John (1744-1792) 2nd Baron Mulgrave, Arctic explorer
- Ponting, Herbert George (1871-1935), Antarctic explorer, photographer and author
- Priestley, Sir Raymond Edward (1886-1974) Knight Geologist
- Pritchard, Peter Michael Maddock (b 1918), medical practitioner and author
- Quar, Leslie (1923-1951), Antarctic explorer
- Rae, John (1813-1893), Arctic explorer
- Rawson, Wyatt (1853-1882) Arctic Explorer
- Richards, Richard Walter (1893-1985), Antarctic explorer
- Richardson, Sir John (1787-1865) Knight, surgeon, Arctic explorer and naturalist
- Roberts, Brian Birley (1912-1978), polar explorer
- Robin, Gordon de Quetteville (1921-2004), polar scientist Melbourne, Victoria
- Ross, Sir James Clark (1800-1862) Knight, Rear Admiral, Arctic and Antarctic explorer
- Ross, Sir John (1777-1856) Knight Rear Admiral Arctic Navigator
- Rowett, John Quiller (fl 1920-1922) sponsor of Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition
- Royds, Sir Charles William Rawson (1876-1931) Knight Vice Admiral
- Ryder, Robert Edward Dudley (1908-1986), explorer and politician
- Rymill, John Riddoch (1905-1968), polar explorer
- Sabine, Sir Edward (1788-1883) Knight, General, geophysicist
- Schuster, Sir Arthur (1851-1934) Knight, physicist
- Scoresby, William (1787-1857) Arctic Navigator
- Scott, Robert Falcon (1868-1912), Captain RN and Antarctic explorer
- Shackleton, Edward Arthur (1911-1994) Baron Shackleton, politician
- Shackleton, Emily Mary (1868-1936) Lady Shackleton
- Shackleton, Sir Ernest Henry (1874-1922) Knight, explorer
- Simpson, Sir George Clarke (1878-1965), Knight and meteorologist
- Skelton, Sir Reginald William (1872-1956) Knight Engineer Vice Admiral
- Smith, Benjamin Leigh (1828-1913), explorer
- Smith, Reginald John (1857-1916), barrister and publisher
- Southwell, Thomas (1831-1909) Naturalist
- Spencer-Smith, Arnold Patrick (1883-1916), clergyman and amateur photographer
- Speyer, Sir Edgar (1862-1932) 1st Baronet, financier and philanthropist
- Stenhouse, Joseph Russell (fl 1914-1917) Antarctic explorer
- Stevens, Alexander (fl 1914-1917) Antarctic explorer
- Taylor, Thomas Griffith (1880-1963) Geographer
- Trobe, Peter La (1795-1863) Moravian Pastor
- Watts, Harold (fl 1921-1922) Antarctic explorer
- Weddell, James (1787-1834) Antarctic Explorer
- Whymper, Edward (1840-1911), wood engraver and mountaineer
- Wild, John Robert Francis (1873-1939) Antarctic Explorer
- Wilkins, Sir George Hubert (1888-1958) Knight Explorer
- Wilson, Edward Adrian (1872-1912) Naturalist and Antarctic Explorer
- Wordie, Sir James Mann (1889-1962) Knight, geologist and mountaineer
- Worsley, Frank Arthur (1872-1943) Arctic Explorer
- Wright, Sir Charles Seymour (1887-1975), Knight, scientist
- Young, Kathleen (1878-1947) Baroness Kennet, sculptor
Families (2)
- Cherry-Garrard family of Lamer Lamer, Hertfordshire;Denford, Berkshire;Kintbury, Berkshire;Little Wittenham, Berkshire;Sandridge, Hertfordshire;Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire;Newington, Kent;Sittingbourne, Kent;London;Holborn, Middlesex;Floore, Northamptonshire;Bath, Somerset;Coventry, Warwickshire;Ludgershall, Wiltshire
- Oates family of Gestingthorpe Hall Gestingthorpe Hall, Essex
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (8)
- NRA 33464 Henry Robertson Bowers, polar explorer: corresp and papers
- NRA 38492 EA Nattriss, shipping officer to the Discovery Investigations Committee: corresp and papers
- NRA 29684 Sir John Richardson, Arctic explorer: corresp
- NRA 44067 Edward Arthur Shackleton, Baron Shackleton: diaries, corresp and papers
- NRA 44069 Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, explorer, and John Quiller Rowett: papers rel to the Shackleton-Rowett
- NRA 44093 Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, explorer: diaries, corresp and papers
- NRA 44068 Joseph Russell Stenhouse, Antarctic explorer: papers rel to the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
- NRA 37960 James Weddell, Antarctic explorer: papers
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