Editing Quest (ship) (section)

==East Greenland expeditions==
''Quest'' was again refitted in Norway in 1924; during the refit, the Shackleton–Rowett deckhouse was salvaged for shore use.<ref name="MercoPress">{{cite web |url=http://en.mercopress.com/2010/02/16/shackleton-quest-cabin-new-show-piece-for-south-georgia-museum |title=Shackleton 'Quest' cabin, new show piece for South Georgia Museum |work=MercoPress |date=16 February 2010 |access-date=3 March 2010 }}</ref> In 1928, the refitted vessel participated in the effort to rescue the survivors of the [[Airship Italia|''Italia'']] Arctic airship crash. Described as a "broad-beamed, tubby little ship, decks stacked with gear", the ageing sealer served in 1930 as the primary expedition vessel and transport from London to [[eastern Greenland]] for the explorers of the [[British Arctic Air Route Expedition]] led by [[Gino Watkins]].<ref name="Scott">{{cite book |title=Dancing on Ice: A Stirring Tale of Adventure, Risk and Reckless Folly |last=Scott |first=Jeremy |year=2008 |publisher=Old Street Publishing Ltd. |location=London |isbn=978-0-689-11429-8 |url=https://archive.org/details/shackleton00hunt }}</ref> Between 1932 and 1936, she was the expedition ship for the East Greenland ventures of Count {{ill|Gaston Micard|fr}}.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/polar-record/article/abs/count-micards-winter-on-board-the-quest-193637/B6F171D143B8D22DBD548C67874DF503|title=Count Micard's Winter on Board the Quest, 1936–37|date=12 January 1938|journal=Polar Record|volume=2|issue=15|pages=20–21|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0032247400036299|bibcode=1938PoRec...2...20. |s2cid=251062992 }}</ref>