Ross Sea Party (Support for the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1914–1917)

1. Shackleton sets Ross Sea depot mission

   Sep 18, 1914Labels: Ernest Shackleton, Ross Sea, Imperial Trans-Antarctic

   • Ross Sea party

2. Aurora departs Hobart for Ross Sea

   Dec 24, 1914Labels: Aurora ship, Hobart

   • Trans Antarctic
   • Ross Sea party

3. Ross Sea Party reaches McMurdo Sound

   Jan 15, 1915Labels: McMurdo Sound, Cape Evans, Aeneas Mackintosh

   • Trans Antarctic
   • Ross Sea party

4. First depot-laying journey begins

   Jan 24, 1915Labels: Depot-laying, sledging party

   • Ross Sea party
   • Trans Antarctic

5. Aurora breaks free and drifts away

   May 7, 1915Labels: Aurora ship, Cape Evans

   • Trans Antarctic
   • Aurora drift

6. Second season depot work starts from Cape Evans

   Sep 1, 1915Labels: Cape Evans, Hut Point

   • Ross Sea party
   • Trans Antarctic

7. Final Mount Hope depot is laid

   Jan 26, 1916Labels: Mount Hope, Beardmore Glacier

   • Mackintosh bio
   • Ross Sea party

8. Aurora breaks out of pack ice

   Feb 12, 1916Labels: Aurora ship

   • Trans Antarctic
   • Aurora drift

9. Spencer-Smith dies returning from depot journey

   Mar 9, 1916Labels: Arnold Spencer-Smith, scurvy

   • Relief report
   • Spencer Smith

10. Mackintosh and Hayward lost on sea ice

    May 8, 1916Labels: Aeneas Mackintosh, Victor Hayward

    • Relief report
    • Trans Antarctic

11. Aurora sails on the relief expedition

    Dec 20, 1916Labels: Aurora ship, John King, Shackleton

    • NZ History
    • Polar Record

12. Aurora rescues the seven survivors at Cape Evans

    Jan 10, 1917Labels: Cape Evans, survivors

    • Relief report
    • NZ History