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Re: Cape Belsham, At Last!!
From: David C
Date: 2017 Feb 14, 17:52 -0800
From: David C
Date: 2017 Feb 14, 17:52 -0800
I interpret Worsley's shorthand to be forNordenskjold, Otto: "Antarctica: Or Two Years Amongst the Ice of the South Pole", 1901There is a copy of this online. I searched Nordenskjold's Book for any references to Elephant Island, Cape Belsham and any charts. Findings1) No references to Cape Belsham2) One reference to Elephant Island, page 415 (the index has this as 416, not significant). That reference indicates that they could see Elephant Island in the distance, but did not visit it.3) There IS one chart which included Elephant Island. I have attached the entire chart and the Elephant Island Detail.
Unfortunately finding Nordensjold's book creates another question. Given the inaccurate, small scale map of Elephant Island how did Shackleton/Worsley know that the Cape they had come ashore next to was called Cape Belsham? This suggests to me that Belsham was mentioned in other books. These other books may not have contained any charts.
