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POLAR MEDAL 1904, bronze, G.VI.R., 1 clasp Antarctic 1933-37 (John Edward Dobson) good very fine Footnote John Edward Dobson served as a seaman on the Research Ship 'Discovery II'. He was a member of the six man survey party which set off from Discovery II in the motor-boat Rapid on the 6th January, 1937, for King George Island where they landed and set up camp. Whilst at sea on the following day, the motorboat broke down and they were unable to return to camp. Adrift at the mercy of the sea, the motor-boat developed leaks and by the 13th the fuel for cooking and the food were running low. The six men managed to make land and used the motor-boat's dinghy to make a crude shelter with a wall of snow blocks. As they had no firearms Mr. Gourley, the 3rd engineer, killed a seal with his knife to provide food for the party. They were finally rescued by Discovery II on the 18th January. (ref. ‘Discovery II in the Antarctic’ by J. Coleman Cooke, chapter 14, 'Six men in a boat'.)