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SY Morning

The officers that set sail from London in 1902 were: Captain William Colbeck RNR; Rupert G. England, First Officer; Lieutenant E.R.G.R. Evans RN, Second Officer; Gerald Doorly RNR, Third Officer; Sub-Lieutenant G.F.A. Mulock RN, fourth officer; Doctor G.A. Davidson; J.D. Morrison, Chief Engineer; and F. L. Maitland-Somerville and Neville Pepper, both midshipmen.

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Ernest Shackleton joined the crew of Morning as he was suffering from scurvy.

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Morning called at several pre-arranged mail depositories in an attempt to locate Discovery, the expeditions main ship.

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Supplies were sledged across the ice to the Discovery when it became apparent that the ice would not break up.

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