Personnel of the Shackleton–Rowett Expedition
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South Georgia). Gerald Lysaght, a yachtsman, accompanied the crew from Plymouth to Cape Verde
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Image | Name | Born | Died | Position | Additional information |
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Sir Ernest Shackleton | 1874 | 1922 | Commander | Died on South Georgia during the expedition | |
Frank Wild | 1873 | 1939 | 2nd in Command | Took command of the expedition on Shackleton's death. Had served as 2nd in Command on Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Frank Worsley | 1872 | 1943 | Captain of Quest |
Formerly Captain of Endurance during the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Alexander Kerr | 1892 | 1964 | Engineer | Served as 2nd Engineer on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
James McIlroy | 1879 | 1968 | Surgeon/Meteorologist | Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Alexander Macklin | 1889 | 1967 | Surgeon/In charge of stores and equipment | Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Leonard Hussey | 1891 | 1964 | Meteorologist/Assistant Surgeon | Accompanied Shackleton's body to Montevideo and then back to South Georgia, so was not present for most of the expedition. Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Charles Green | 1888 | 1974 | Cook | Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Thomas McLeod | 1869 | 1960 | Able seaman | Veteran of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition | |
Roderick Carr | 1891 | 1971 | Pilot | Assisted with scientific work as the expedition's plane was unserviceable | |
James Dell | c.1880 | 1968 | Electrician, Boatswain | Had been with Shackleton on the Discovery Expedition | |
Hubert Wilkins |
1888 | 1958 | Biologist | ||
George Vibert Douglas | 1892 | 1958 | Geologist | Born in Montreal, Canada. Professor of Geology, Dalhousie University (1932-1957) | |
James Marr |
1902 | 1965 | Boy Scout |
With Mooney was selected from 1,700 Scouts who applied to accompany the expedition | |
Norman Mooney[1] | c.1904 | Boy Scout |
Left the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasickness | ||
Douglas George Jeffrey | 1885 | 1972 | Navigator | Had been intended for the original crew on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, but when war broke out on the eve of Endurance's departure he felt compelled to stay in England to sign up. | |
Eriksen[2] | Harpoon expert | Returned home when the Quest put in at Rio de Janeiro for repairs | |||
John Charles Bee-Mason[3] | c.1875 | 1957 | Photographer | Left the ship at Madeira after suffering chronic seasickness | |
C. E. Smith | 2nd Engineer | ||||
Harold Watts | Wireless Operator | ||||
G. H. Ross[4] | Stoker | ||||
S. S. Young | Stoker | Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro | |||
Harold Arthur Argles[5] | 1899 | 1929 | Stoker | Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro. | |
Christopher Naisbitt | Cook's assistant | Joined the expedition in Rio de Janeiro | |||
Query (dog) | 1920/21[6] | 1922 | Mascot | Washed overboard and drowned on June 9, 1922 | |
Questie (cat) | 1921 | Mascot | A kitten presented to the expedition by the Daily Mail |
Notes
- ^ Full name: Norman Erland Mooney
- ^ Not in Wild's crew list in his report to the Royal Geographical Society, but mentioned in Shackleton's Last Voyage
- ^ Also known as John Charles Mason
- ^ Probably George Hamblin Ross
- ^ Listed as James Argyles in Mills, p.340; as Argle and Argles in Shackleton's Last Voyage; as H. J. Argyles in the crew list of Wild's report to the Royal Geographical Society, and as Argles later in the same document.
- ^ He was a puppy when Shackleton brought him on board in early 1921
References
- Mills, Leif (1999). Frank Wild. Whitby: Caedmon of Whitby. ISBN 0-905355-48-2.
- Wild, Frank. "Shackleton's Last Voyage: The Story of the Quest". www.archive.org. Retrieved 3 December 2008.
- Wild, Frank (2 February 1923). "The Voyage of the Quest". The Geographical Journal. 61 (2): 73–97. doi:10.2307/1781104.