Name
|
Position
|
Nickname
|
Birthplace
|
other?
|
Bakewell, William
|
Able Seaman
|
Billy, Bakie
|
United States
(posed as a Canadian to get a job on the ship) |
helped Blackborrow stow away
|
Blackborrow, Percy
|
Steward
|
Blackie
|
Wales
|
the stowaway
|
Cheetham, Alfred
|
Third Officer
|
Alf
|
England
|
three trips into Antartica
|
Clark, Robert
|
Biologist
|
Bob
|
Scotland
| |
Crean, Thomas
|
Second Officer
|
Tom, Irish Giant
|
Ireland
|
tall and tough as an oak
|
Green, Charles
|
Cook
|
England
|
son of a master baker
| |
Greenstreet, Lionel
|
First Officer
|
Horace
|
England
|
joined the expedition just 24 hours before they left England
|
Holness, Ernest
|
Fireman
|
Holie
|
England
|
said to be "most loyal"
|
How, Walter
|
Able Seaman
|
Hownow
|
England
|
amateur artist
|
Hudson, Hubert
|
Navigating officer
|
Buddha
|
England
|
best penguin-catcher
|
Hurley, Frank
|
Photographer
|
The Prince
|
Australia
| |
Hussey, Leonard
|
Meteorologist (banjo player)
|
Uzbird
|
England
|
had been an archeologist
|
James, Reginald
|
Physicist
|
Jimmy
|
England
|
"Gentle Jimmy"
|
Kerr, A. J.
|
Second Engineer
|
Krasky
|
Scotland
|
A reticent man in his early 20s
|
Macklin, Dr. Alexander
|
Surgeon
|
Mack
|
England
|
also in charge of the dogs
|
Marston, George
|
Artist
|
Putty
|
England
|
best voice
|
McCarthy, Timothy
|
Able Seaman
|
Tim
|
Ireland
|
"irrepressable [sic] optimist"
|
McIlroy, Dr. James
|
Surgeon
|
Mickey
|
England
|
also in charge of the dogs
|
McLeod, Thomas
|
Able Seaman
|
Stornoway
|
Scotland
|
had already been to Antarctica twice
|
McNeish, Harry
|
Carpenter
|
Chips, Chippy
|
Scotland
|
oldest, the cat was his
|
Orde-Lees, Thomas
|
Motor Expert
|
Colonel, Old Lady
|
England
|
in charge of motor sledges
|
Rickinson, Louis
|
Chief Engineer
|
Rickey
|
England
|
hated the cold
|
Leader
|
Boss
|
Ireland
|
said "Optimism is true moral courage,"
| |
Stevenson, William
|
Fireman
|
Steve
|
England
|
senior stoke-- kept engine fires going
|
Vincent, John
|
Able Seaman
|
Bosun
|
England
|
physically strongest
|
Wild, Frank
|
Second-in-Command
|
Frankie
|
England
|
with Shackleton on all his expeditions
|
Wordie, James
|
Geologist
|
Jock
|
Scotland
|
popular with the crew
|
Worsley, Frank
|
Ship’s Captain
|
Skipper, Wuzzles
|
New Zealand
|
great navigator
|
Thanks to Shacklton's Stowaway and Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World and
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.html#orde-lees
If you'd like to learn more about the expedition, here are some sites to explore:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/team.html#orde-lees
If you'd like to learn more about the expedition, here are some sites to explore:
WebQuest Assignment
And here's another part of the story: the story of the part of the expedition on the other side of Antarctica. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/shackleton/1914/lostmen.html
Members of the Ross Sea Party -- on The Aurora