CAPTAIN Bob MATHEWS, MNI and wife, Judy, MADE A SEMI-CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF
ANTARCTICA IN THE RUSSIAN ICE BREAKER "KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV" 2004 / 2005.
FIRST LANDFALL IN ANTARCTICA WAS THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS ( 58 degs. West.)
ON THE TIP OF THE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA. THE VOYAGE PROCEEDED ALONG THE
COASTS OF THE BELLINGSHAUSEN and AMUNDSEN SEAS TO THE ROSS ICE SHELF and
McMURDO SOUND. FINALLY LEAVING ANTARCTICA AT CAPE ADARE (169 degs. East ).
AN ILLUSTRATED ACCOUNT OF THE VOYAGE WAS GIVEN BY CAPT. MATHEWS AT THE ROYAL
HONG KONG YACHT CLUB ON 23rd. February 2005
THE HANDOUTS DISTRIBUTED AT THE TALK AND DISPLAYED ON THIS SITE, WERE ALL
PREPARED BY CAPT. MATHEWS, INCLUDING ALL THE HISTORICAL DATA.
ALL PHOTOS OF ANTARCTICA ARE BY JUDY MATHEWS.
Handouts and Photos are Copyright of Bob and Judy Mathews
SEMI - CIRCUMNAVIGATION of ANTARCTICA
A talk by
Captain R. R. Mathews MNI
23rd. February 2005
Index
Page. Content.
1. Map of Antarctica
2. Kapitan Khlebnikov specifications
3. Kapitan Khlebnikov side elevation.
4. Kapitan Khlebnikov deck plan
5. Chronology of Approach to the South Pole
6 - 10 Principal expeditions of the Heroic Age ( 1895-1917),
their significance and huts
1898-1900 Borchgrevink
1901-1904 Scott
1907-1909 Shackleton
1910-1911 Amundsen
1910-1913 Scott
11 - 12 Antarctic birds ( south of the Convergence )
13. Marine mammals of Antarctica.
For a joint scientific and geographical piece of organization, give me Scott. For a winter
. journey, Wilson. For a dash to the Pole and nothing else, Amundsen, and, if I am in the
devil of a hole and want to get out of it, give me Shackleton every time.
Apsley Cherry- Garrard
