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Shackleton in Punta Arenas (1916)
Weekly reports from "The Magellan Times" — the news as it happened

Signatures in the British Club's Visitors Book, 1916
4th July		E. H. Shackleton F. A. Worsley Tom Crean
3rd September		George Marston
11th September		T. O. H. Lees L. Rickinson J. A. McIlroy L. Greenstreet A. J. Kerr L. D. A. Hussey A. H. Macklin Frank Wild R. W James Frank Hurley R. S. Clark
4th November		P. Blackborow
Signatures in the British Club's Visitors Book, 1916

reception in honour of sir ernest shackleton and his comrades

held in the rooms of the british association of magallanes, punta arenas

between 3:30 pm and 7 pm on the afternoon of wednesday, 6th september 1916

Expedition Members ------------------------------- Robert S. Clark L Greenstreet R D A Hussey A J Kerr A H Macklin Ja McIlroy (?) L Rickinson E H Shackleton Frank Wild J M Wordie

Local Residents ---------------------------------------- Ruby Page de Braun Francisco Campos T [Torreblanca] María M [Menéndez] de Campos Margaret Chetwood Aiken Allen M McDonald Winifrede McDonald C A Milward Lillian C Paton Humberto Vallejo Juanita Mac Quade (?) (?)

RECEPTION OFFERED BY THE FIRST FIRE COMPANY OF MAGALLANES SATURDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 1916 The following names and signatures are recorded in the Visitors Book:

[ July 11 ] E. H. Shackleton, F. A. Worsley, Tom Crean (all coming from Antartica) [ September 9 ] Leonard D. A. Hussey, Frank Wild, Huberht T. Hudson, A. Cheetham, George Marston (all coming from Antarctica), L. A. Pardo V. (Commander of the “Yelcho”)

[ November 6 ] Percy Blackborow (coming from Elephant Island)

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Credits:
1. Studio photograph, Signature card - Carlos Vallejo (I-2015)
2. Club photograph, "Guía Huellas Antárticas-INACH" (II-2015)
3. First Fire Company Visitors Book - Adrián Valdés (X-2014)
Last update: 24-X-2019