Antarctica Expedition 1901

Menu of the Savage Club Farewell Dinner to the officers and members of the Antarctic Expedition of 6 July 1901. Artist: Charles Dixon. The expedition included Captain Scott and Ernest Shackleton.

Why is this document at Bedfordshire & Luton Archives?

We believe that our founder, Dr G Herbert Fowler, who was a marine zoologist at the time, may have been present at the dinner; this menu comes from his own personal papers.

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