THE HEART OF THE ANTARCTIC 



The members of the ship's staff, at the time when the 

 Nimrod left Great Britain, were as follows: 



Lieutenant Rupert England, R.H.R., master. 



John K. Davis, first officer. 



A. L. A. Mackintosh, second officer. 



Dr. W. A. R. Michell, surgeon. 



H. J. L. Dunlop, chief engineer, 



Alfred Cheetham, third officer and boatswain. 



Captain England, whom I placed in command of the 

 Nimrod, had been first officer of the Morning when that 

 vessel proceeded to the relief of the Discovery expedition, 

 and had therefore had previous experience of work in 

 the Antarctic. Immediately before joining the Nimrod 

 he had been in the Government service on the west coast 

 of Africa. 



Davis, first officer and later captain, had not been in 

 the Antarctic before, but he was a first-class seaman. 



Mackintosh came from the service of the Peninsular 

 and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. He was 

 transferred to the shore-party at a later date, but an 

 unfortunate accident finally prevented his remaining 

 in the Antarctic with us. Dr. Michell, the ship's surgeon, 

 was a Canadian, and Dunlop, the chief engineer, was an 

 Irishman. Cheetham, the third officer and boatswain, 

 had served on the Morning and some of the men had also 

 Antarctic experience. 



After the Nimrod reached New Zealand, A. E. 

 Harbord, an Englishman, joined as second officer in 

 place of Mackintosh, whom I intended to transfer to the 

 shore-party. 



The following brief notes regarding the members 

 of the shore-party may be of interest to readers : 



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