Colbeck Bay [SEP] continent
Colbeck Bay
Colbeck Bay () is a cove between Duke of York Island and Cape Klovstad in the southern part of Robertson Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition 1898–1900, under C.E. Borchgrevink, who named it for Lieutenant William Colbeck, Royal Naval Reserve, magnetic observer of the expedition. The bay lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.
of Magnetic Observer that he was invited by the Norwegian Carsten Borchgrevink to join the Southern Cross Expedition to the Antarctic.Borchgrevink, C., & British Antarctic expedition. (1901). First on the Antarctic continent: Being an account of the British Antarctic expedition, 1898-1900 / by C.E. Borchgrevink. London: George Newnes. This would be the first expedition to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland; Colbeck took charge of the expedition's magnetic observation work.
After returning to Britain in 1900, Colbeck was soon going southward