THE STAFF 



Shore-party 



Lieutenant J. B. Adams, R.N.R., meteorologist. 



Sir Philip Brocklehurst, Bart., assistant geologist, 

 and in charge of current observations. 



Bernard Day, electrician and motor expert. 



Ernest Joyce, in charge of general stores, dogs, 

 sledges and zoological collections. 



Dr. A. F. Mackay, surgeon. 



Dr. Eric Marshall, surgeon, cartographer. 



G. E. Marston, artist. 



James Murray, biologist. 



Raymond Priestley, geologist. 



William Roberts, cook. 



Frank Wild, in charge of provisions. 



After the expedition had reached New Zealand and 

 the generous assistance of the Australian and New 

 Zealand Governments had relieved me from some 

 financial anxiety, I was able to add to the strength of 

 the staff. I engaged Douglas Mawson, lecturer of 

 mineralogy and petrology at the Adelaide University, 

 as physicist, and Bertram Armytage as a member of 

 the expedition for general work. Professor Edge worth 

 David, F.R.S., of Sydney University, consented to 

 accompany us as far as the winter quarters, with the 

 idea of returning in the Nimrod, but I persuaded him 

 eventually to stay in the Antarctic, and his assistance 

 in connection with the scientific work, and particularly 

 the geology, was invaluable. Leo Cotton, a young 

 Australian, arranged to come south with us and help 

 with the preliminary work before the Nimrod returned 

 to New Zealand, and at the last moment George Buckley, 

 residing in New Zealand, accompanied us on the voyage 

 South, returning in the steamer that towed the Nimrod. 



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