| Description | Contains copies of various expedition members' orders that were provided to Colonel R A [Robin] Smart for his reference. They include: further orders to Surgeon Lieutenant Commander David Dalgliesh, relating to the handover of Halley Bay to Smart's main expedition party and the advance party departure from Halley Bay; orders for Dr V E [Vivian Ernest] Fuchs, overall leader of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition; orders for Mr George Hemmen, Stores Officer to the Expedition; orders for Dr R [Rainer] Goldsmith, regarding his role as second-in-command of personnel, stores and equipment on the return journey to the United Kingdom (under Dalgliesh); orders for Captain Leif Jakobsen, Master of the MV 'Tottan'. |