Clarence Petersen de la Motte

CP de la Motte - "Officers of the Aurora", from With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, 1911-1914 (1919).

Clarence Petersen de la Motte (born 1892, date of death unknown), commonly C. P. de la Motte, was a sailor originally from Bulli, New South Wales. During his early career, he served aboard the New Zealand barque Northern Chief and the steamship Warrimoo.[1] From 1911 to 1914, during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, he served as Third Officer aboard the SY Aurora, under John King Davis.[2][3] Expedition Commander Douglas Mawson named Cape De la Motte, in George V Land, after him.[4] De la Motte joined the Aurora again in 1916, and served as First Officer during the rescue of the Ross Sea component of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, for which he was later awarded the Polar Medal.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "People of Aurora: Clarence Petersen de la Motte". Australian Antarctic Division. Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 2011-03-19.
  2. ↑ Davis, John King (1919), With the "Aurora" in the Antarctic, 1911-1914, London: A. Melrose, p. 170
  3. ↑ Mawson, Douglas (1996) [1915], The home of the blizzard: the story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914, Kent Town, South Australia: Wakefield Press, p. 8, ISBN 978-1-86254-377-5
  4. ↑ "Cape De La Motte". Australian Antarctic Data Centre. Australian Antarctic Division. Retrieved 2011-03-19.


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