Whetter during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition
Leslie Hatton Whetter (10 December 1888 Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand – 3 December 1955 Matakana, Auckland, New Zealand); was a surgeon and Antarctic explorer from New Zealand. A graduate of the University of Otago, in 1911 he joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (AAE), led by Douglas Mawson.[1] During 1912, Whetter joined two sledging parties, the first to lay supplies, and the second to explore the area to the west of the Main Base at Cape Denison. On the second expedition, his party of three man-hauled a sledge 158 miles (254 km) from the Cape Denison base, and in the process discovered the first meteorite to be found in Antarctica. Mawson thought Whetter lazy, and the two clashed several times, Mawson describing Whetter as "not fit for a polar expedition".[2]
^"The people: Leslie H. Whetter". Mawson's Huts Foundation. Australian Antarctic Division. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
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Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Australian Engineers – was killed during the Gallipoli campaign in 1915, and Leslie Blake, the cartographer and geologist of the Macquarie Island party, died...
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Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
George Ainsworth was a meteorologist, Harold Hamilton was a biologist, and Leslie Blake a cartographer and geologist – they did not need sledge dogs on the...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
Xavier Mertz Herbert Murphy Belgrave Ninnis Frank Stillwell Eric Webb LeslieWhetter Western Base party Charles Dovers Charles Harrisson Charles Hoadley...
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