Logbook: Number 4, TOTORORE Expedition, Southern Chile, 3 Oct 1984 - 23 Feb 1985

Maker
Clark, Gerry (b.1927, d.1999)
 Production date
03 Oct 1984-23 Feb 1985
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Orange cardboard covered Chartwell Students lined manuscript book, handwritten entries in black and blue ink pen with annotations and glosses in red pen by Gerry Clark.

Logbook: Number 4. 3 Oct 1984 - 23 Feb 1985, TOTORORE Expedition.

The log covers the expeditions visit to the west coast of Southern Chile on the Pacific Ocean, this period covers the journey from Bird Island towards Cape Horn.

Entries begin on the date 3 October 1984; "was ready to push off in the dinghy into the surf, I had a small problem, a rather large problem really in the form of nearly submerged elephant seal bull in the narrow channel only 10 meters from the beach".

Part of a large collection of written and audiovisual resources and equipment which belonged to Gerry Clark; most of which document his voyages in the Southern Ocean.
Accession number
2017.40.235
Museum System ID
44392
Collection type
Archives
Collection
Gerry Clark
Classification
Diary
Maker and role
Clark, Gerry (b.1927, d.1999): Author
Media/Materials
Paper
Measurement details
3D objects (HxWxD): H 300 x W 214 x D 15mm
Production place and notes
Bird Island, South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
Saint Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Atlantic Ocean
Punta Arenas, Chile, South America
Quellón, Chile, South America
Puerto Montt, Chile, South America
Guafo Island, Chile, South America
Noir Island, Chile, South America
Byron Island, Chile, South America
Duque de York Island, Chile, South America
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Not on display
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