SY Morning is most famous for her role as a relief vessel to Scott's

Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott, CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the Discovery Expedition, 1901–04, and the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition, 1910–13...

 British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904). She made two voyages to the Antarctic

Antarctic

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 to resupply the expedition.
Morgenen was a Norwegian

Norway

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 whaling ship. She was built in 1871 by Svend Foyn

Svend Foyn

Svend Foyn was a Norwegian whaling and shipping magnate who pioneered revolutionary methods for hunting and processing whales. Svend Foyn introduced the modern harpoon gun and brought whaling into a modern age....

 of Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

, Norway. In 1901 she was purchased as a relief ship for the British National Antarctic Expedition for £3880. In September 1901, she sailed from Norway to England where she was refitted and renamed Morning, the same name translated into English.
The officers that set sail from London

London

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 in 1902 were: Captain William Colbeck RNR; Rupert G.