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The White Tag® brand and A. Prodigee® brand are launched in 2008. [3] In Spring 2014, the company launches a new line, SP Active® for everyday basic, active wear such as fleece jogger pants and basketball shorts. In February 2016, the company introduces Southpole Antarctic Expedition® Outerwear Collection.
The company was founded for the purpose of manufacturing fabric for the wives of hunters, loggers and trappers. Later, the company also outfitted clothing supplies to the American Civil War. [4] [5] and Richard E. Byrd's 1939–1940 Antarctic expedition. [6]
During 1928 through 1938 Admiral Richard E. Byrd wore Bass ski boots during the First, Second and Third Antarctic Expedition. [4] In 1931, the firm opened an office in New York City on the 25th floor of 11 West 42nd Street New York, N.Y. in The Salmon Tower Building. During 1936, Bass “Weejuns” were first made.
A vacuum is the best insulator, but its use in clothing is impractical. Dry air is a practical insulator. Extreme cold weather clothing uses still dry air to insulate the body, [2] layers of loose air trapping material are most effective. The inner layers should conduct moisture away from the body.
Konter was a member of Richard E. Byrd's expeditions to the Arctic and the Antarctic in 1926 and 1929. His knowledge of seamanship, as well as his personality were assets to the expeditions. While he was not able to winter over on the Antarctic Continent, he was a key member of the liaison group in New Zealand. [ 2 ]
Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship, originally named Polaris , was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway .
Discovery Hut in 2008. It was erected in 1902 by Robert Falcon Scott's 1903-1907 Discovery Expedition. George Vince's Cross. Discovery Hut was designed by Professor Gregory, (appointed as leader of the scientific staff, he resigned before the Discovery headed south) and prefabricated by James Moore of Sydney (cost: £870.14.5d) before being brought south by ship.
Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith FRHistS (17 March 1883 – 9 March 1916) was an English clergyman and amateur photographer who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition as chaplain on the Ross Sea party, who were tasked with laying a chain of depots across the Ross Ice Shelf towards the Beardmore Glacier for Shackleton's intended crossing party.