Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Ross Sea Party Who's Who




The Men of The Aurora – The Ross Sea Party -- Shackleton’s Other Crew
Below are the men who placed the supply depots for Shackleton.
Name
Postition

Birthplace
Other
Aeneas  Lional Acton Mackintosh
Captain

Scottish, but born in India
sailed with Shackleton on Nimrod, losing an eye in a cargo-loading accident


Ernest Joyce
in charge of dogs

England
a seasoned veteran of Nimrod and Scott's Discovery,

Ernest Wild
in charge of stores (supplies)

England
brother of Frank Wild, second in command on The Endurance, died fighting in World War I after returning from this expedition
 V.G. Hayward

secretary



R.W. “Dick” Richards

physicist




A.O. Stevens

geologist, chief scientist




Reverend Arnold Spencer-Smith

chaplain and photographer 




J.L. Cope
surgeon



A. Keith Jack
physicist and assistant biologist



Irvine O. Gaze
officer




additional information found at http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DOM19170206.2.49 and in Wikipedia entries