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    Francis Howard Bickerton (15 January 1889 – 21 August 1954) was an English treasure hunter, Antarctic explorer, soldier, aeronaut, entrepreneur, big-game...
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    James Francis "Frank" Hurley OBE (15 October 1885 – 16 January 1962) was an Australian photographer and adventurer. He participated in a number of expeditions...
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    stripped of its wings and metal sheathing from the fuselage. Engineer Frank Bickerton spent most of the 1912 winter working to convert it to a sledge, fashioning...
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    Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott who was born in Plymouth and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city. Artists include Beryl Cook whose paintings...
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  • the Ministry of Defence. Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Frank Bickerton both lived in the city. Many artists have originated in Plymouth. Joshua...
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    head fritillaries. Thomas Nowell (1730–1801), clergyman and historian Frank Bickerton (1889–1954) Antarctic explorer and World War I aviator John Grimley...
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    Frank Leslie Stillwell OBE, (27 June 1888 – 8 February 1963) was an Australian geologist, winner of the David Syme Research Prize awarded by the University...
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    the east of Cape Denison. At the same time, a Western Party under Frank Bickerton would take the motorised sledge to explore the plateau to the west...
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  • meteorite discovered on December 5, 1912, in Antarctica by Francis Howard Bickerton (1889-1954), a member of Sir Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition...
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    Wolverhampton), crime novelist and journalist, currently lives in Borth. Frank Bickerton (1889–1954), Antarctic explorer and aviator, died in Borth. Michael...
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    in the year, had survived and was also now big enough to pull. As Frank Bickerton's party was to test the "air-tractor sledge", it did not require dogs;...
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  • British and Commonwealth Antarctic exploration, including biographies of Frank Bickerton, mechanical engineer on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-14...
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    aircraft, a Vickers R.E.P. Type Monoplane, was to be flown by Francis Howard Bickerton. When it was damaged in Australia shortly before the expedition departed...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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  • Frederick "Frank" Douglas Fletcher was an Australian sailor, mainly known for his time as chief officer of the SY Aurora during the 1911–1914 Australasian...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    Back Row: Correll, Cecil Madigan and Frank Bickerton. Front row: Alfred Hodgeman, Mawson and Morton Moyes...
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    following message: "Midwinter's Day, 1912, Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica. 'Frank Wild, A. L. Kennedy, S. Evan Jones, C. Arch. Hoadley, Charles T. Harrisson...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    work could be done outside. Whetter was chosen to accompany engineer Frank Bickerton and cartographer Alfred Hodgeman on a summer sledging party to explore...
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  • However, Davis thought Toutcher a "hopeless fool", and he was replaced by Frank D. Fletcher on 12 March 1912, when the Aurora arrived back in Hobart. Cape...
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  • Stephen Haddelsey (29 September 2005). Born Adventurer: The Life of Frank Bickerton Antarctic Pioneer. History Press. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-7524-9564-4. "Gravenoire...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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  • Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    tongue; they would initially be supported by the Near Eastern Party led by Frank Leslie Stillwell, which would then turn to mapping the area between Cape...
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    Australasian Antarctic Expedition under (Sir) Douglas Mawson. He travelled with Frank Hurley, Bob Bage, Eric Webb, Herbert Murphy and John Hunter. The group travelled...
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    Main Base party Bob Bage Frank Bickerton John Close Percy Correll Walter Hannam Alfred Hodgeman John Hunter Frank Hurley Sidney Jeffryes Charles Laseron...
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    the Shackleton Ice Shelf at Queen Mary Land. The leader of the team was Frank Wild and the party included the geologist Charles Hoadley. The party established...
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