First page of Lieutenant Pelham Aldrich's Journal. The Voyage of The Challenger, by Eric Linklater page 25 and backcover. Admiral Pelham Aldrich (1844-1930) joined the Royal Navy in 1859 and served on the Challenger Surveying Expedition, 1872-1875. He commanded survey vessels in the China Seas, the Red Sea, the Cape of Good Hope and elsewhere from 1877 to 1891. The volume is a journal of the scientific research voyage of HMS Challenger from 1872-1875. Illustrated with watercolours and line drawings. Geographical subject headings: 1) ATLANTIC OCEAN. 2) ANTARCTIC. 3) PACIFIC OCEAN.